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Old 10-26-2014, 08:21 AM
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We must cultivate our gardens.

Or as Dilbert once noted, when pondering whether he should bother to get out of bed, "I'm hungry. A toasted bagel would be great."
I suppose I'm a believer in rationality over faith.
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Old 10-26-2014, 08:22 AM
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I agree with everything you say, other than what I bolded. Rather than saying that I believe in God or the afterlife, I'm uncertain about these and give them little to no thought while going about my daily life.
I had considered using the word "hope" rather than "believe". I'm sort of on the fence myself, in that regard.

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Old 10-26-2014, 09:35 AM
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All I "know" is that both Florence and I have had things occur in our lives that defy rational explanation. We have studied these events trying to see where what happened could be rationally explained and have yet to come up with an answer.
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Old 10-26-2014, 11:10 AM
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All I "know" is that both Florence and I have had things occur in our lives that defy rational explanation. We have studied these events trying to see where what happened could be rationally explained and have yet to come up with an answer.
Since the dawn of Man we have used Mysticism to explained the unkown. Jesus Christ is part of this most ancient tradition.

Jesus of Nazareth was a rabbi. His key teaching is that we are all in this together and should help each other out.

Man is of this world and upon death we no longer are.
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Old 10-26-2014, 11:38 AM
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