Atheism/A weird dream awake

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Hello,
When , a once,my mother went to sleep after she did the prayer of 'al fajr', she slept immediatly.
Then after about two hours of her sleep, she said:"God doesn't sell what people sell",then she suddenly opened her eyes.
Would you please explain to me what that means.

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Your mother said a chant, uh prayer, then laid down for a while (theatrical dramatics), said something she thought up, then opened her eyes. If your asking what it all meant then I'd say it means she is delusional. As for what she said, only she knows what she meant, but I would assume TV and media helped her come up with it. Would God know, or was it the Devil posing as God?

If your looking for a deeper meaning then I'm afraid you'll be searching forever. Their is no meaning really, we're just animals who happen to be able to walk and talk. We have the ability to question our existance and more importantly we have the ability to make up an answer too.

I would assume that during the few hours she was "sleeping" that she was talking to God in order to come up with this phrase. A special talk with the Master of the Universe, the creator, the supreme super power, knows all, sees all, and perfect in every way. And yet all he could send her back with is a marketing slogan?!?! He couldn't give her the answer to a baffeling scientific equation, or the arming codes to a nuclear missile far away, or just anything that would be certifiably fantastic, something she couldn't have possibly known, something that could change the world. It's always some puzzling phrase or riddle. Funny how religion just creates more questions than answers, but what else can you do with something that is false your trying to make true, surround it with more mystery of course.

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Raised Southern Baptist, Atheist since 2007, Theology, Cosmology, and Abiogenesis hobbiest. Rational philosopher and logical deep thinker.

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Raised Southern Baptist (Oklahoma), three times weekly including bible study. At age 39 I thought I wanted to be a better Christian and make God a priority and center of my life; until I actually got serious with the study and realized that all this God business was actually just a business. Then I picked up all the other religions for comparison and studied theology as a whole in order to understand religion as a whole. Since then I have thrown out my respect for religious organizations and the dishonest people who run them. I am not militant against religion and feel that personal and private spritiuality is a human right. I'm 100% sure there is no master of the Universe concerned with our daily existance but hold reserve about where everything came from; I don't know but at least science doesn't invoke far fetched unbased fantasy. I'm also 100% sure that beyond death there is no consciousness, spiritual or ghostly existance and I bravely accept that my demise will be real.

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Atlanta Freethought Society Northeast Georgia Atheist

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Associates of Applied Science, Tulsa Comminuty College

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