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3 months ago
in What if… I believed? on VeryWide.Net
beautiful post. I, too, sometimes wish I had that buffer to cushion the effects of reality, but ultimately I find reality far more satisfying than the fairy tales of religion.
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I agree with you about reality being ultimately far more satisfying than any fantasy. It is an amazing thing to me that anyone would prefer just-so stories over something that he or she could actually prove beyond a reasonable doubt. Once the "softly spoken magic spell" has been broken and one's eyes have been opened, one gets off one's knees and finds it dumbfounding that one spent so much time thinking that there were angels and demons and gods and whatnot, when reality is so much grander and impressive and mind-blowing... and accessible.
But of course we want from time to time to have that warm embrace of protection from the cold, cruel side of the world. I suppose the best we can do is to find it in healthy, loving relationships with other warm, living, real human beings.