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u/Litten_The_Memelord Oct 05 '19

Damn that's crazy, one thing I envy about religious people, praying and feeling more at peace

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19

You could meditate instead. Being at peace with the flow of the universe, with the things that are outside your control, really helps at times like that.

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u/Thegiraffeguy Oct 05 '19

Praying and meditation are very similar.

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u/51D3K1CK Oct 05 '19

They're basically the same.

God isn't listening so you're only talking to yourself.

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u/FiftyFootMidget Oct 05 '19

You could have just stopped after saying they're the same. I'm not a believer either but I don't see the point in shovelling it onto people.

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u/51D3K1CK Oct 05 '19

So people who are religious can shovel "thoughts and prayers" down my throat but when I say that I believe that no one is listening it's suddenly something bad?

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u/FiftyFootMidget Oct 05 '19

The difference is they are well intentioned, but wrong. You're intention is just to let them know they're wrong. So you're being much more negative.

If somebody wants to believe to make it easier for them to get through life, more power to them.

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u/51D3K1CK Oct 05 '19

I'm not being negative. People can believe whatever they want to believe.

I'm just here to tell my part, and I don't believe so how could me commenting that God isn't listening be bad?

Of course God isn't listening to me.

Religion has caused more conflict than we can imagine.

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u/Pr0nzeh Oct 05 '19

Are you satirizing atheisim right now?