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If you're willing to answer yes to a God outside of nature, then there's nothing inconsistent with God on rare occasions choosing to invade the natural world in a way that appears miraculous.

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Age: 83
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Born: March 26
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Pantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism.
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I could easily believe that religion could enhance health and hence survival, and that therefore there could be indeed be literally Darwinian survival value, Darwinian selection in favor of religion. None of that of course bears at all upon the truth value of the claims made by religions.
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I'm a cultural Christian in the same way many of my friends call themselves cultural Jews or cultural Muslims.
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