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With me, life is better in times that I pray and worse in periods I don't pray. I actually feel more energetic, feel more intelligent, and clam, in times I do pray.
They say there's no atheists in a fox hole. . . Thank god I haven't been there yet. (Get it?) When we face our own mortality we may reach for absolutely anything to hedge our bets.
The more comfortable a society the less need for a god and ritual. We are relatively quite comfortable.
That is exactly the problem JX spoke of when he said (to paraphrase) that it is easier for a rich person to go through the eye of a needle than to enter the Kingdom of God.
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Expect this q, like others, to indicate that women are more religious than men (on average of course).
No, waste of time, money, energy, and space.
and intelligence
That comment really shows how little you know and how insecure you are in your own beliefs. Come back when you have some facts to share.
Talking about yourself again?
I know you are not, but it is irritating, isn't it.
I don't go to church but I day prayers.
With me, life is better in times that I pray and worse in periods I don't pray. I actually feel more energetic, feel more intelligent, and clam, in times I do pray.
If you can let a "higher being" take some of the load and you feel less stress and that life makes more sense then that seems like a natural result.
I can't give in to such fantasy.
They say there's no atheists in a fox hole. . . Thank god I haven't been there yet. (Get it?) When we face our own mortality we may reach for absolutely anything to hedge our bets.
The more comfortable a society the less need for a god and ritual. We are relatively quite comfortable.
That is exactly the problem JX spoke of when he said (to paraphrase) that it is easier for a rich person to go through the eye of a needle than to enter the Kingdom of God.