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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Orrex

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10. Well, yeah. And that's the problem.

Reply to OnyxCollie (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 05:06 PM

Mar 2016

Once the anxiety has passed, they seldom reexamine the explanation that got them through it, no matter how fictitious it turns out to be.

And when they start preaching that fiction to others or--even worse--criticizing or condemning those who fail to embrace that fiction, then they deserve no respect or tolerance, no matter how sincerely they believe.

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Mysterious ways [View all] Orrex Mar 2016 OP

Religion is like a giant AA meeting! AlbertCat Mar 2016 #1

God needed six more angels! trotsky Mar 2016 #2

My all-time favorite Orrex Mar 2016 #3

"God kept her safe until it was time to call her home." trotsky Mar 2016 #4

Yeah, I wish he'd call already. Orrex Mar 2016 #5

Perhaps he's betting with his good buddy Satan again... trotsky Mar 2016 #6

God called him home. progressoid Mar 2016 #8

And if you take issue with it, then somehow you're the asshole Orrex Mar 2016 #9

People look to explanations to reduce anxiety, even if the explanations are fictitious. OnyxCollie Mar 2016 #7

Well, yeah. And that's the problem. Orrex Mar 2016 #10