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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

progressoid

(50,897 posts)

8. God called him home.

Reply to Orrex (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 04:40 PM

Mar 2016

Ugh. I can't remember how many times I heard that when my brother died. These people think that is some sort of consolation. Fuck that god. I want my brother back.

Even my parents, who are very religious, were sick of hearing it.

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Mysterious ways [View all] Orrex Mar 2016 OP

Religion is like a giant AA meeting! AlbertCat Mar 2016 #1

God needed six more angels! trotsky Mar 2016 #2

My all-time favorite Orrex Mar 2016 #3

"God kept her safe until it was time to call her home." trotsky Mar 2016 #4

Yeah, I wish he'd call already. Orrex Mar 2016 #5

Perhaps he's betting with his good buddy Satan again... trotsky Mar 2016 #6

God called him home. progressoid Mar 2016 #8

And if you take issue with it, then somehow you're the asshole Orrex Mar 2016 #9

People look to explanations to reduce anxiety, even if the explanations are fictitious. OnyxCollie Mar 2016 #7

Well, yeah. And that's the problem. Orrex Mar 2016 #10