I don't do a bunch of favors for ulterior motives or to get roll over points with Jesus and the apostles in order to get onto the VIP access to enter the Heaven dance club.
I think you'll find a surprising number of us don't do it for that reason either.

"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla
Ghavrel is Ghavrel is Ghavrel
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~Camilla
Ghavrel is Ghavrel is Ghavrel
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Study: Young Americans less religious than their parents
19/02/2010 03:41:04 AM
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Re: Study: Young Americans less religious than their parents
19/02/2010 05:45:41 AM
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Heh...praying that an area doesn't become more religious.
*NM*
19/02/2010 06:25:54 AM
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the irony in seeing only Christianity as religious, yet praying to "the gods"
19/02/2010 12:32:49 PM
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Yeah, I'd say that fits in with my observations
19/02/2010 06:56:26 AM
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Study: Parents think kids music is crap. Also, sun to rise in east for a change.
19/02/2010 02:39:45 PM
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Re: Study: Parents think kids music is crap. Also, sun to rise in east for a change.
19/02/2010 07:52:47 PM
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These things are often cyclical.
19/02/2010 06:00:29 PM
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hardly surprising with a pop culture that attacks and ridicules religious thoughts and values
19/02/2010 08:20:35 PM
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Re: hardly surprising with a pop culture that attacks and ridicules religious thoughts and values
19/02/2010 08:44:16 PM
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horseshit
19/02/2010 09:16:40 PM
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Re: horseshit
19/02/2010 09:35:48 PM
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(that last bit was supposed to be taken as ridiculous, and not an offensive statement towards you)
19/02/2010 09:37:11 PM
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Re: horseshit
21/02/2010 08:11:49 PM
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Yeah, not everyone's faith has rollover points. Some people have Verizon or Sprint religions.
21/02/2010 10:02:43 PM
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I don't think a moral compass is the sole benefit of religion
22/02/2010 07:13:08 PM
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Re: I don't think a moral compass is the sole benefit of religion
22/02/2010 07:29:22 PM
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This is a radically different view of Christianity than "rollover points. "
01/03/2010 02:42:49 AM
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