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Old 11-13-2007, 06:54 AM
madnak madnak is offline
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Default Re: Our Egos and Religion

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The only reason why people are so decisive in their religious beliefs is to feed their own ego.

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The fact is that fear is the emotion that drives fervent religious beliefs not ego. Excuse me, that is not really a fact, It's my opinion, which probably should be considered a fact but really isn't.

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I've always seen the ego as self-protective, so I think fear relates to it.
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