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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter
It's not derogatory, it's a colorful metaphor, relax.
I can't necessarily answer all of the questions that occur in life. What I can do is judge whether they are answerable or not and if they are then I answer it, but if it isn't then I put it on the back burner for further study. What I don't do is blame it on some invisible force that has no apparent causal relationship other than what someone else says is true.
Generally so, yes.
Your belief is not necessery for my validity, that's one of the purposes that religion serves, to get groups on the same page. Religion has outlived its purpose.
Also, the realization that I have control over only a small number of the things in my life and that there is no evidence that some omnipresent being controls the rest was very liberating.
I'll have to disagree, along with research to the contrary.
I don't have to be grateful, it's only by the sweat of my own brow that I am able to bring thinking to bear instead of dogma and pat ideology.
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Thanks, I'm metahoricaly relaxed, but that could just be the valium.
I hope you not inferring that I am lead by some invisible force, to believe anything at all. Probably one of my biggest problems is not believing in anything, other than what can be proven wiith my own eyes. You'll have to argue your point about religion outliving it's purpose, with someone who gives a damn. I'm having a hard time understsanding how you continue to correlate my views with mainstream religion. Sir, If you consider my views dogmatic, you might want to look the word up in the dictionary. Also, ,metaphoricaly speaking, you are one of the most idealistic people, I have ever had the pleasure of speaking with........
Learning to live in such an idealistic society, within it's norms, is a miricle in itself.