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Flat White

Does losing faith in religion really mark a new dark ages?

6 July 2017

9:08 PM

6 July 2017

9:08 PM

There are so many things that we lose on our passage through life: innocence, virginity, youth, looks, patience, temper, love, fidelity, money, jobs, family, health, friends and loved ones. But some never lose their religion. In fact the more on the list above that they lose the more they cling to their religion because it is the fall guy, the excuse, the haven and the ultimate refusal of mea culpa – of accepting personal responsibility and blame because of being but a pawn in a Greater Scheme of Life.

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