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Atheists & Agnostics

TwilightZone

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18. In my experience with friends and acquaintences...

Reply to RussBLib (Reply #17)

Tue Feb 9, 2021, 11:34 AM

Feb 2021

God or whatever preferred alternative is generally given credit for the good and the bad is lumped into a catchall like "mysterious ways" or "God has a plan" or "there's a purpose for everything". Or Satan or equivalent is given the blame.

So, faith is maintained. Convenient, that.

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Faith in humanity and faith in god are the exact same thing [View all] RussBLib Feb 2021 OP

Humanity is power of the people not of the diety. n/t 5X Feb 2021 #1

My reply would be the obvious one. Mattgoetznolovefromm Feb 2021 #2

Excellent choice. Duppers Feb 2021 #3

Perfect! mountain grammy Feb 2021 #4

Ha! That was pretty much my gut reaction. Nt RussBLib Feb 2021 #5

The old philosophy major in me asks questions...and gives nonsense answers sanatanadharma Feb 2021 #6

I like to look at in terms of "Locus of Control". Psychology Major here. safeinOhio Feb 2021 #9

a lot to chew on there RussBLib Feb 2021 #16

One is observable and quantifiable; the other isn't. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #7

That's a great quote! Alacritous Crier Feb 2021 #8

love Tim RussBLib Feb 2021 #17

In my experience with friends and acquaintences... TwilightZone Feb 2021 #18

Ethical movement safeinOhio Feb 2021 #10

They may serve a similar purpose, Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #11

Nah! Faith in humanity is one thing. joshdawg Feb 2021 #12

Most of our fellow humans within our larger culture have predictable patterns of behavior Warpy Feb 2021 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Feb 2021 #14

for much of recorded history.... RussBLib Feb 2021 #15

I mean other than 'humanity' actually exists and can be observed Voltaire2 Feb 2021 #19