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33 Post author: perpetualpeace1 19 April 2012 05:27PM

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Comment author: perpetualpeace1 19 April 2012 07:55:10PM 8 points [-]

For example, does it allow you to deal with your own problems better?

I don't agree with this at all. I could become a Christian, and then believe that all of my problems are gone because I have an eternity in heaven waiting for me simply because I accepted Jesus Christ as my savior. Christianity makes few falsifiable predictions. I want to hold EY up to a higher standard.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 19 April 2012 10:40:27PM *  -1 points [-]

Yes, a person who has misevaluated the evidence of how much their beliefs help has misevaluated the evidence of how much their beliefs help. Let us hope we can do better.

Comment author: faul_sname 20 April 2012 01:16:15AM 3 points [-]

And let us do better by evaluating the evidence on a more objective level.