Religion

Sherman A1

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5. Not sure that would be possible

Tue Jan 1, 2019, 03:23 PM

Jan 2019

I have to disagree with your premise here.

"I believe that many, many people attend church and continue to call themselves Christian only for these more secular reasons. Not because they truly believe in the mythology of the Bible anymore than they believe in Santa."

I believe that the people you describe attend church and call themselves Christian because they believe in their version of Christianity, whatever that is. It allows for a moral superiority and lets them feel better about themselves and their actions as opposed to the secular reasoning you indicate.

As to their belief in Santa, not sure about that one.

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