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oxbow

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20. Especially in these kinds of religions.

Reply to Comatose Sphagetti (Reply #9)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 11:37 PM

Feb 2018

There is a real spiritual numbing at the heart of the practices in these groups that functions in the same way as a drug. It serves as a false coping tool to help a lot of people deal with inner issues that no one ever taught them how to resolve.

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