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In reply to the discussion: Lawsuit reveals teen was groomed as personal sex slave in the Duggar family’s movement [View all]el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)22. Well again from your perspective, that seems accurate
If there's nothing out there, than the psychological or emotional benefits of reaching out to God are all strictly happening within my own mind (my own delusion if you will, even if it's a generally positive one). And any benefits I get from reaching out to God, can obviously be acquired through other means.
But since I believe there really is something out there to reach out too, than I believe that there is something happening on top of those psychological/emotional benefits.
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cleanhippie
Apr 2014
OP
I think it was a valid line of question but maybe it could have been worded more specifically.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2014
#14
Begs the question of whether there was a baby in the bath water to begin with.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2014
#12
What positives come from religion that cannot be had from a secular source?
cleanhippie
Apr 2014
#16
As near as I can figure, you think that merely the act of believing in a deity...
trotsky
Apr 2014
#28
You understand yet won't elaborate on it and instead make a flippant remark?
cleanhippie
Apr 2014
#33