(1) People want their lives to have meaning.
(2) People are afraid of death.
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If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No sense being a damn fool about it.--W.C. Fields
For people who like that kind of thing, that is the kind of thing they like.--Max Beerbohm
If you don't pray in my school, I won't think in your church.--Unknown
Isn't an agnostic just an atheist without balls?--Stephen Colbert to Bart Ehrman
Liberals like information, conservatives like ammunition.--Al Franken
I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure you're not Hitler--The Daily Show
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I am not a Democrat because I have no idea what their economic policy is, and I am not a Republican because I know EXACTLY what their economic policy is.--Barry Ritholtz
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That explains the growth of any religion, not specifically Christianity.
ReplyDeleteExactly! They are the necessary and sufficient conditions to explain any religion. No magic required.
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