Originally Posted by
Obama08
Avatars argument is that you can't develop a personal relationship with god without religion. Which is again, complete bull shit.
There are a lot of people who believe in a higher being, quite similar to the Christian form of what a higher being is, but don't believe that practicing all the other stuff that a book of stories says is necessary.
Christians believe "all the other stuff" is necessary. Christians believe they alone have access to God. In fact, I'd wager ANY faith worth it's nuts thinks the same.
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