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lindysalsagal

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7. Agreed. Optimistic folks aren't looking for the big daddy in the sky. But when life is hard
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 11:42 PM
Jan 2014

you can't blame us for wishing for divine intervention.

That's how you separate believers from atheists: Atheists hope without going as far as investing.Believers invest in the magic when going it alone is too bewildering.
in my opinion.

Believers suffer an imaginary loss if they're wrong. Hence, the pressure for the atheists to conform.imo.

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