Why We Need Religion

[_Yoda]

You have asked me this before. :)

Sorry...must be early Alzheimer's setting in. LOL

On issues like this, there are two broad types of people: those that seek comfort, and those that seek the truth. If I'm sick and go to the doctor, and he realizes I have cancer, he has two options: he can tell me I have cancer (the truth) or he can tell me everything is going to be fine (comfort). What I want to hear just depends on my value system. Some people don't care what the truth is if it makes life easier to deal with and them happier. Other people would rather be "in the know" and don't like to be lied to (nor lie to themselves) for the sake of warm fuzzies. It just depends on your priorities.

Hmmm...I suppose I fall somewhere in the middle. (Of course, in the little quiz on Mormonism that someone found on another thread, I scored in the "moderate Mormon" category, so this is probably a trend. LOL)

If I had cancer, I would want the doctor to tell me the truth, so that I could set my affairs in order for my family (finances, etc.). But I would still be hopeful about the possibility of a cure...so the "warm fuzzy" factor still exists for me, too.

;)

[_Some Schmo]

I just asked these questions because for me they would be very difficult answers to deal with in atheism. I thought perhaps you might have some information that I was missing that would make it more palatable. But I guess it is what it is. No they don't prove or disprove God. It just asks the question, so now you've gone towards atheism, what now?

What now? Well, here's what's exciting: you get to take control! It's about doing things because you want to do them. It's about making the most of your life cause that's all you've got.

When you're dealt a hand of poker, you feel like you can fold any time because, hey, there's always the next hand. How much more important is it to play the hand you're dealt to the best of your ability if you know no more hands are coming? If you fold in that situation, well... that's just childish, don't you think? "I don't like my hand so I'm not gonna play. Wah."

Know what I mean?

[_Roger Morrison]

I would like to say more, that's my nature, but SCHMO said all!! OK, i gotta do it... Sort-a like the Snow job: "As you (TBM believers) are, i once was. As IAM, you may become!" Warm regards, Roger