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  • bliznutty0

    to not believe in the church but still believe in the state, is literally like saying:

    I don't believe in Spider-Man, but i have a close relationship with Batman and one day he will save us all

    • Depends what you mean by believe. The state exists..
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    • so does the churchbliznutty
    • believing in jesus isn't like believing in the state, not literally or otherwisemonospaced
    • believing in jesus is believing in the principles and not the authoritarian system of the church. similar to principles of liberty vs. the authoritarian statebliznutty
    • nah.sarahfailin
    • Yup
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    • Most people aren't economists or philosophers so a good deal of the social contract we participate in is an act of faith
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    • My people starve for lack of knowledge.yurimon
    • once believing in jesus was the state by having the pope a representative of mono. this is historic to theocracy is was as real to people as the state is now.yurimon
    • Your meaning is unclear
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    • Who the bothers not believing in churches? It's the concept of God that people question the value of believing in - not a church.detritus
    • Churches are just the human-scale control structures whose authority is pretty much solely given by the aforesaid belief in deity.detritus
    • I'm glad I'm not shackled by a belief in supernatural deities, their children, their expectations or their promises of the afterlifemonospaced
    • the state, even in my limited understanding, at least makes sense in a tangible waymonospaced
    • Just keep the two separate. Please. or the Pope will rule the world soon.robthelad

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