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To: Riverman94610

Therein lies the reason why religions were invented, or rather more appropriately, why societies with a belief in consequences succeeded, while the others withered away. I’d like to believe that if people strip religion down to the extent that they realise the things that religion offers that seems to support society, then they may at last be able to incorporate the same without needing to believe in any irrational, supernatural entity. That social glue needn’t necessarily be belief, or religion.


128 posted on 05/18/2007 1:42:55 PM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

I don’t think your vision will ever come to pass.The need to believe in something beyond all the pain in this mortal world is just too intense.
I’m curious if you have investigated the NDE believers.Are their tales merely brain chemistry gone awack?Or is”the tunnel’and “the light”real?


131 posted on 05/18/2007 2:13:34 PM PDT by Riverman94610
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