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   From: thinkaboutwh@youaredoing98275896568754870586   
      
   "lynx" wrote:   
      
   > One certainly has the right to question God's existence. It's not a matter   
   > of daring, but of exploring possibilities.   
      
   Yep!   
      
      
   > The Church has a history of opposition to a search for knowledge, and had   
   > it been successful in many instances of that, we would not be as   
   > enlightened as we are today.   
      
   We might erroneously be still thinking creationism is correct.   
      
      
   > the idea that one must not 'dare' to question God's existence is a means   
   > of mind control by the religiously devoted of those who are weak-   
   > mentally, emotionally, psychologically- and so fearful that they will be   
   > punished by God for doing so. That is not a bad thing in itself for those   
   > who need help, and can trust those who would seek to give it. But fear has   
   > always been used by the Church as a means of control and power.   
      
   Yep again!   
      
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