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Originally posted by Byrd
I would wake up screaming from nightmares where I was trapped in this "heaven," locked into eternally worshipping this huge thing and never able to break away from worshipping and praising.
Originally posted by MajorMalfunction
What was the hardest superstition for you to give up?
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
fortune cookies and horoscopes...granted the latter i have trouble giving up because of all the pretty girls i meet that seem to be into it...
Originally posted by MajorMalfunction
What was the hardest superstition for you to give up? Was it Christianity? Yoruba? The I-Ching? Feng Shui? Numerology? The Great Pumpkin?
Originally posted by Astyanax
Personally, I go for palmistry. Gets you in touch faster, so to speak.
'Ah, I see you have a well-developed Mount of Venus...'
Originally posted by laiguanaAlso, I have a question for you non-theists...why do you think that the majority of gods in history display human-like behavior and characteristics, does this represent something in the human psyche? Or does it evoke some sort of pride in being human?
Originally posted by MajorMalfunction
But that got me thinking ... what does an atheist say when someone else would say "good luck"? Perhaps, may the law of probability skew in your favor?
Any ideas? We need a platitude people!
Originally posted by laiguana
Why do you think that the majority of gods in history display human-like behavior and characteristics, does this represent something in the human psyche?
Some new-agers these days say that god is some invisible nebula thing floating around in the void...