(August 6, 2015 at 11:40 am)Rhondazvous Wrote: People reject the Abrahamic deity because there is no evidence such a being exists and theists’ efforts to prove otherwise have not been compelling. Why then is it considered a virtue to psych one’s self out and just believe in things one knows are not true? ...
Religion often totally warps one's sense of morality. There was a thread or two not too long ago in which Christians were arguing that the rape and murder in the Bible was a good thing. And slavery, too. (Maybe someone will provide a link or two for this, but as I am not wanting to look at such vile things right now, I will not presently provide links.)
This, by the way, is one of the reasons religion is evil. It really messes up people's sense of right and wrong, not just their sense of what exists in the world.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
