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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter
I'm thinking that you have that ass backwards.
Do you think that it may just be possible that a good portion of the abuses heaped upon people were at the behest of the leaders of said creator's church? I think that history bears that idea out.
Also, I've found that as a rationalist I have, over time, learned to apply rationality to most things that occur in life and have it give me comfort from being able to pick the things in my life that I have control over from those that I do not. The trick is to realize that you do not have control over most of what goes on around you, and that no invisible force has shown itself preeminent in that position either.
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Is it absolutely necessary, to start your dialouge with deragatory comments.
If you can answer most things that occur in life, why can't you use the same perspective on all events? Are you sure you can pick out the things you have control over? I find it difficult to believe you have control over much more than your views. If you check carefully, you'll see you don't have control over emotions etc...... just the ability to act on those emotions. Be grateful you can rationalize most of what you believe. Some might even call that denial......
"No one is so wrong as the man who knows all the answers."-Thomas merton