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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"New10." |
| Date: |
02 Oct 2004 08:29:18 PM |
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RELIGION AND LAS VEGAS |
RELIGION AND LAS VEGAS
New 10.
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` Just as Las Vegas has a gambling game to fit the taste of every
gambler so too Christianity has a denomination that will fit the taste of
every Christian. The pathology of the compulsive gambler is that while
gambling they can shut out their contemporary problems and is willing to
risk all of their money to do so. Those who remain in the religion of their
families are also compulsive in their religion and get their neurotic needs
met by familiarity as to not cause cognitive dissonance. When they find
their religion no longer satisfies their psychological needs will join a
denomination that fits their particular neurosis just as the gamblers will
find the game that satisfies their neurosis. There are those who can step
back and examine their religion with critical eyes for the first time---even
if they do suffer from cognitive dissonance and can stay with it long enough
until the new information becomes familiar, they will discover the
psychology of change. When religion ceases to comfort one intellectually and
psychologically they often become atheists.
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