Atheists & Agnostics

lindysalsagal

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18. Lots of people hold delusions for lots of reasons. I'm not taking them all on.

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Original post)

Sun Mar 11, 2018, 09:15 PM

Mar 2018

I figure, unless I'm willing to "move in" and replace their crutch, I have an obligation to leave it undisturbed.

People who know me know I'm 100% god-free, so, if they want to discuss it, they know I love a good discussion.

I'm an evangelical athiest to the point of letting anyone who might be doubting know that they're not alone.

But I don't pretend to play along with rituals: I just keep quiet.

I just know that some people are already slipping into doubt and I don't like the idea that they are in the "I must be crazy" faze all alone: Lots of us are "crazy" enough to doubt all the voodoo.

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