It's important to keep in mind how differently very many religious people view the world than those that are logical and rational. Of course this is not to say that only non-religious people lack rational or logical thinking. However someone that requires evidence and fact for claims would not simply take any author's word on the subject just because it fits their pre-existing view of the world. I feel like many religious people simply accept things because they 'feel right' and the reason they 'feel right' is because they already have this pre-existing view of the world that assumes that fact and evidence are not required to display truth. This comes from a worldview that believes in the supernatural and that not everything requires evidence, but rather that many things simply need to be felt or experienced to determine validity. This also comes from a view that values faith over skepticism.
I am sure that there are many Atheists and/or non-believers that also fail to use rational thinking to understand the world too.
But I feel like this sort of faith based, supernatural worldview is much more prevalent amongst theists.
I am sure that there are many Atheists and/or non-believers that also fail to use rational thinking to understand the world too.
But I feel like this sort of faith based, supernatural worldview is much more prevalent amongst theists.
“Love is the only bow on Life’s dark cloud. It is the morning and the evening star. It shines upon the babe, and sheds its radiance on the quiet tomb. It is the mother of art, inspirer of poet, patriot and philosopher.
It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
