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To: DayTraderKidd who wrote (104236)	4/10/2007 3:31:56 PM
From: Travis_Bickle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361344

"People of faith" would take ten years to explore by itself. People go to church for many different reasons. A good friend of mine has become a devout Catholic in middle age because he is desperately lonely. He doesn't know that's why he has become a devout Catholic. There are probably a lot of people like him out there who become closely involved with a church for reasons that have nothing to do with faith. Marx said that religion is the opiate of the masses. At the time opium was pretty much the only effective pain reliever available, it was considered medicine. I think the reason people are not more suspicious of the hucksters is that life can be very painful.

To: DayTraderKidd who wrote (104236)	4/10/2007 5:12:18 PM
From: Suma	Respond to of 361344

One program on TV I watched about two weeks ago showed those popular ministers who have those huge congregations and how they live. Forget Mother Teresa..... These guys live in mansions, have a few cars.... yacht... planes... All written off as tax free too I bet. Hypocrisy runs rampant with these born again Christian I heal you and Jesus Christ helps ministers. They are great at spieling off the rhetoric with great masterful voices on Sunday mornings but they are all phonies... Where is this give the money to the poor.... Religion has turned me off. Spirituality is in.. Find your own peace. Namaste