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Sir Canvas Corpsey · 04-06-2009, 09:48 PM

Sure you do, I have to have a certain amount of faith in my ability to logically comprehend that said hippo/leprechaun probably doesn't exist. It's not a belief towards some external source, it is internal faith, a sense of confidence that you can live by that understanding.

If you believe that there is no divine entity then you also have no intangible source to vent at when your life fucks up, you then blame the government or others because just blaming yourself is kind of bad.

You then develop a faith based in humanity, other people suddenly become your pantheon, their fights, their romances, the things they control. Whether or not Susan really is the source of all Good Pumpkin is irrelevant, you have still trusted her to sell you a fantastic pumpkin, you have placed your faith and friendship in her much as you would a God.

"A happy Christian is one who treats God as human, like a friend when they're sad, and thanks them for presents, they know that God has made bad decisions in the past. A unhappy Christian is one who lets God and the Bible rule them and reveres them as absolute. They are just looking for a scapegoat to problems they don't know how to deal with and should wipe the brown off their nose because it won't give them peace" -Somebody

04-06-2009, 09:48 PM	#39
Sir Canvas Corpsey Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 2,424	Sure you do, I have to have a certain amount of faith in my ability to logically comprehend that said hippo/leprechaun probably doesn't exist. It's not a belief towards some external source, it is internal faith, a sense of confidence that you can live by that understanding. If you believe that there is no divine entity then you also have no intangible source to vent at when your life fucks up, you then blame the government or others because just blaming yourself is kind of bad. You then develop a faith based in humanity, other people suddenly become your pantheon, their fights, their romances, the things they control. Whether or not Susan really is the source of all Good Pumpkin is irrelevant, you have still trusted her to sell you a fantastic pumpkin, you have placed your faith and friendship in her much as you would a God. "A happy Christian is one who treats God as human, like a friend when they're sad, and thanks them for presents, they know that God has made bad decisions in the past. A unhappy Christian is one who lets God and the Bible rule them and reveres them as absolute. They are just looking for a scapegoat to problems they don't know how to deal with and should wipe the brown off their nose because it won't give them peace" -Somebody __________________ “Lots of ways to help people. Sometimes heal patients; sometimes execute dangerous people. Either way helps.”