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We know Christianity makes you happy. Does it also improve life outcomes?
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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:45 AM Author: orange greedy generalized bond gaping If I follow the rules and stop being a degenerate will my life improve based on objective external metrics of success? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35467247) |
Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:47 AM Author: orange greedy generalized bond gaping I kind think it might be making me more depraved, but that might just be a test (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35467251) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:48 AM Author: angry mexican I think it is perfectly compatible with a good life but the most robust Christianity will not necessarily make you popular or successful, and to an extent is intended to do the opposite.
"Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you." |
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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:49 AM Author: orange greedy generalized bond gaping I talking about the outcomes of the moral system. Why should I not have sex with prostitutes, for example? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35467262) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:50 AM Author: Contagious fluffy elastic band The same reason you don't eat raw pork. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35467266) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:52 AM Author: orange greedy generalized bond gaping That's my point. Youre suggesting following Christian morality leads to better life outcomes. Unless your taking exclusively about mental sickness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35467276) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:54 AM Author: Contagious fluffy elastic band The maximizing "life outcomes" approach you're taking here has got me apoplectic. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35467277) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:55 AM Author: orange greedy generalized bond gaping ? Doesn't sound very Christian of you (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35467283) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2018 8:50 AM Author: Floppy navy hall electric furnace I mean, maybe you should have sex with prostitutes. Depends on your situation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35468205) |
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Date: February 24th, 2018 1:32 PM Author: Ultramarine messiness genital piercing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35477543) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2018 7:58 AM Author: orange greedy generalized bond gaping Any nonretards care to weigh in? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35468093) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2018 8:27 AM Author: green elite spot We know no such thing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35468128) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2018 1:28 PM Author: orange greedy generalized bond gaping Pew did research Christians are happier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35470203) |
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Date: February 24th, 2018 10:12 AM Author: green elite spot causation etc, for one thing. Come on, man. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35476476) |
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Date: February 24th, 2018 1:30 PM Author: orange greedy generalized bond gaping happiness -> religion? religion -> happiness?
OH WHAT A CRITICISM OF RELIGION |
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Date: February 23rd, 2018 8:48 AM Author: vigorous nighttime public bath The correct answer is to look to Jesus’ life.
Paul called the Cross the stumbling block for conversion. |
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Date: February 24th, 2018 11:54 AM Author: aromatic medicated plaza organic girlfriend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35476929) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2018 8:50 AM Author: Floppy navy hall electric furnace I don't think chronically depressed people tend to have great "life outcomes." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35468207) |
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Date: February 24th, 2018 11:52 AM Author: orange greedy generalized bond gaping I meant holding happiness constant. so compare two people that have the same happiness level but one is christian and one is not. does the christian ethic produce better outcomes relative to a secular ethic irrespective of happiness? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35476923) |
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Date: February 24th, 2018 7:20 PM Author: Floppy navy hall electric furnace Honestly, I think long-term happiness is the point. I don't think you can view outcomes without asking yourself whether it produces actual happiness. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35479779) |
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Date: February 24th, 2018 11:55 AM Author: aromatic medicated plaza organic girlfriend It certainly improves after-life outcomes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35476931) |
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Date: February 24th, 2018 12:00 PM Author: orange greedy generalized bond gaping (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35476948) |
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Date: February 24th, 2018 12:16 PM Author: Naked insanely creepy orchestra pit Christianity literally gets you to Heaven. I'd say that's a decent life outcome. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901301&forum_id=2#35477019) |