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Originally Posted by popnfresh
I believe that people need to believe in something larger than themselves. ...
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I assume here you mean something "metaphysically" larger than themselves. Believing in elephants, planets, stars, etc. probably doesn't satisfy what you meant to say.
IMO, a requirement to believe in something (metaphysically) larger than oneself is nothing more than wanting something, other than oneself, to blame things on - whether good things or bad things.
My mother used to say things like, "Thank God for the rain that ended the drought!" One day I asked her, "Who do you think caused the drought in the first place?" Of course she didn't like the question. What I'm trying to say is people seem to desire a bad entity (often called the Devil) to put bad happenings on and a good entity (often called God) to thank for good things. (Of course, in some religions it's the same entity for both cases.)
My personal philosophy is "S--t happens." sometimes it can be good but often it's bad. Only the paranoid believe that there is a plot and "Something" is out to get them just because they're having a bad day. More often than not, if you do things that work, you'll get good results otherwise you'll more often get bad results. Keep in mind that things that worked last century may not work this century and try to be flexible.