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View Poll Results: Your level of observance?
Non-practicing/secular form of religion 20 43.48%
A little observant 3 6.52%
Middle-of-the-road observance 11 23.91%
Strict adherence to religious rules 4 8.70%
Don't know 8 17.39%
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Old 05-28-2011, 03:36 PM   #1 (permalink)
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So mainly it's just believing what you're told to believe?
I like to think of it as believing what you WANT to believe. You can be told to believe something but ultimately it's up to you to want to believe in it.
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I like to think of it as believing what you WANT to believe. You can be told to believe something but ultimately it's up to you to want to believe in it.
I cannot understand how someone can believe in something they can't see or feel?
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I cannot understand how someone can believe in something they can't see or feel?
Well, neither can I, really, but if someone wants to believe in something that's not tangible, so be it.
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