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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)34. Allow me to apologize if my previous remark insulted you -
It's possible that Cleanhippie is just being insulted on your behalf.
I think that your response displays the gap between believer and atheist very succinctly. I believe there's a God and you don't - so I more or less and accept that as long as I believe in God, my perceived benefits in having a relationship with God are going to look very much as you characterized them above.
That said I don't intend to stop believing in God, so we are a bit of an impasse.
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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