Discussion (4)¬

1. carolita says:

   August 7, 2006 at 8:16 am

   How true. Or one could be like my dad, who has all bases covered by going to church “as if,” and enjoying the idea of God like a kid enjoys the idea of Santa, but not really totally believing it. He figures if it turns out God exists, he’ll be covered by his good attendance. Very practical. Not likely to help, though. But he might get points for initiative.
2. Ophelia Benson says:

   August 9, 2006 at 4:09 pm

   Is your father’s name Pascal by any chance?
3. shaker says:

   August 10, 2006 at 3:38 am

   carolita: He figures if it turns out God exists, he’ll be covered by his good attendance.

   But what if, like Homer Simpson says, you are just making god more angry by praying to the wrong god every Sunday?
4. Souldier says:

   January 8, 2007 at 9:48 am

   Shaker is right in a sense. It depends onthe situation. If a person has true faith in a god there should be no fear that they are doing wrong. On the other hand, if they are not sure of their god it is likely that they may have a paranoia caused by the following of the religon.