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To: bentway who wrote (462588)

12/30/2020 1:59:27 PM

From: koan

Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 542970

I have never said I know much of anything.

And as I have said in the past, my ideas about religion are just what I believe, but they could be wrong.

Everyone believes something one way or the other: belief, disbelief or doubt.

The three stages we are all in at any given time.

But I will defend my position on the importance of humanity and kindness as probably an important concept throughout the universe.

But it is just my belief, I know nothing for sure.

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My religion is the only correct religion. I just don't fucking know, and anyone who says they do is self-deluded or lying

To: bentway who wrote (462588)	12/30/2020 2:38:42 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542970

Being a-religious is not a religion . Consider: I believe in God vs. I believe the sun will light half the Earth tomorrow Linguistically - they look the same but represent completely different TYPES of ideas. One is highly personal, undefined, unprovable, data-free opinion and the other is formed from hard evidence and years of shared experience, accessible by all of humanity. Qualitatively and quantitatively they are completely different. I've argued with people (in the past) that the kind of belief that scientists have is usually the latter - and religious people - the former. That bugs them - they often said "they are both beliefs". Other words (like "post", used in multiple ways) don't trigger them. But "belief" is all the same. Right.