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07-22-2008, 03:46 AM
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Non-Theists: Why Do You Suppose Theism Exists?
Why do you suppose theism exists? Why do people believe in deity?
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Then I came back from where I'd been. My room, it looked the same - but there was nothing left between The Nameless and the name. - Leonard Cohen. 
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07-22-2008, 03:52 AM
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Because it makes them feel special to believe there is a personal being who created them, who directs their lives and imposes order on the universe. Without such a concept the universe seems devoid of purpose, and JEEBUS that's SCARY!
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"All science is incorporeal, the instrument it uses being the mind, just as the mind employs the body." ---Corpus Hermeticum 
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07-22-2008, 04:06 AM
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Because it gives answers AND an extra parent
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O, I'll be the first with the christmas spirit here, you know! 
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07-22-2008, 05:28 AM
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Because existence is profoundly awesome.
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if G-d ( G-d is not 'X' for all 'X' )
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07-22-2008, 06:29 AM
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Mostly that's what they were taught, and culture, tradition, and peer pressure.
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freethinker - deluxe "Religions are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies." Thomas Jefferson freethinker - deluxe
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07-22-2008, 06:41 AM
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It is one way of rationalizing the ineffable, inconceivable, incomprehensible universe in which we find ourselves.
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07-22-2008, 06:52 AM
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Quote:
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freethinker - deluxe "Religions are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies." Thomas Jefferson freethinker - deluxe
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07-22-2008, 06:54 AM
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07-22-2008, 06:58 AM
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