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Old 09-10-2007, 06:18 PM
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Default Re: Is it immoral to believe in anecdotal \"answered prayer?\"

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Sure, most people only care enough to give up a some of what they don't need to survive, but most people will admit that so there's no double standard.

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So then what is the OP about? He's arguing that believing in something that could alleviate some amount of hunger but chooses not to is immoral, right? tame_deuces point was that this is true of essentially everybody, in some sense, and so it's a silly thing to bring up as a denouncement of religion. I think the point was phrased a little poorly, but the content is solid.

EDIT: Also, I fail to see the exaggeration. You don't think that 99% of people care more about their worldly goods than abstract starving children? I'd say he's lowballing it if anything.
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