Strange. I'm a believer but not for promises of paradise or damnation. In fact, I'm often in church admiring the milf in the pew two rows ahead. Sinner? Yep. Hypocrite? Yep. An instrument for God in the world? Yeah, that too. No better, no worse than anyone else in the world facing trials and triumphs in life. One thing religion does help with is keeping both trials and triumphs in perspective.I happen to believe that organized religion, on the whole, is little more than, mind control.
I've little use for dogma that promises me paradise for behaving in a manner that someone else sees fit. I've also little use for dogma that promises eternal damnation, should I choose to not fall in line.
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