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I just spent ages typing out a good reply and for some reason it got lost. Im not writing it out again however my main point was
Some people believe because they need to believe. The majority of peple i know have "found their faith" becuae they have experienced personal tragedy (not death) and wanted to think that there was something better for them, that their life served a purpose and what they had gone through was for a reason and not mearly because they got dealt a shit deal. they wanted to feel guided and safe. If people need to believe there is a god to feel like that then why not? What harm are they doing. Its very few people that actually carryout extremist acts purely due to their religion. Im sure someone told me that the islamic extremists were not acting in accordance with their religious veiws (maybe i was misinformed).
I would consider myself to be an agnostic. I wouldnt consider myself to be sitting on the fence, I have not yet formed a belief/opinion on the existance of god.
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