re: why would God need the "glory?"

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No. People support politicians for certain reasons. They may be stupid, but not illogical

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Of course they're illogical. People support candidates all the time whose policies directly contradict their own interests just because a preacher or Fox News or a 30-second commercial told them to or because the musical score of a campaign commercial made them feel all warm and patriotic, totally oblivious to evidence that is readily available and contradicts their voting choice.

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when you are in love you may do stupid things, but not illogical things like believing in imaginary things you have never seen or witnessed.

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If you have caught your wife cheating multiple times and every time she promises it'll never happen again and you believe her and take her back, aren't you believing in a fantasy just as illogical and imaginary as religion?

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sports affiliations


This one doesn't even make sense in relation to the thread. You like a sports team for whatever reason you want. Logic doesn't come into play.

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I guess I should have been a little clearer on this one. I meant that people are often illogical or irrational about their team, such as blindly and optimistically expecting them to fare better than any rational outside observer would expect them to, or the opposite type who irrationally or illogically expect them to fare worse than any rational observer would expect them to.

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It's literally the same thing as believing in Santa Claus.

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Yes, and so is trusting pure laissez-faire economics or Marxist communism, or thinking your wife will somehow remain faithful this time if you just give her one more chance, or believing that Ole Miss will finally get to the SEC championship game next year.

It happens in lots of aspects of life, not just religion.