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In reply to the discussion: Hypothesis: faith, is a sub-set version of Self-Deception... [View all]MaryMagdaline
(7,919 posts)110. With your example, we would be better off.
THEY on the other hand, ended up no worse than they would have, had they lived exemplary lives, loved mankind and cured cancer. They still end up dead and going into nothingness.
They died, however, thinking they would get into heaven. As a wartime advantage, score one for bin laden. If society needs soldiers, the believers have an advantage.
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Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
FiveGoodMen
Jul 2019
#120
Wait, am I allowed to respond to you now, without frightening you with 'harmony'?
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2019
#85
For Lord's sake, people! Let's start over. The original posts comments on faith sound very
Karadeniz
Jun 2019
#52
Hi NeoGreen - As someone who believes in god (I'm Catholic) I find this discussion very
Pendrench
Jun 2019
#58
The Bible warned that many believers are "deceived" by "false" Christianity
Bretton Garcia
Jun 2019
#64
Hi Bretton - sorry for the delayed response...I was away from my computer for awhile.
Pendrench
Jun 2019
#87
So the ideas you place faith onto aren't worthy of challenge and criticism?
Major Nikon
Jun 2019
#93
Hi Major Nikon - Yes - you understood my question correctly, and I appreciate and respect your
Pendrench
Jun 2019
#100
What are the alternatives to faith that can bring comfort and compassion?
MaryMagdaline
Jun 2019
#103
You should at least understand that it's possible other people see it differently than you do.
trotsky
Jun 2019
#107