Short message for the Religious

[Heat]

That's just really two sides of the same coin, Heat . . . whether it comes from a book or from a person's testimony, it's still gullibility.  The willingness to follow the group, to believe what others profess without asking for any real proof.  

What I find interesting is the level of WORSHIP for that book.  They tell everybody that this book is special and holy and contains God's message for the entire world, but few read it.  More take random verses that support whatever political or moral stance they hold at the moment, and use them to try to control other people.  It's an idol, it's a weapon, it's a symbol of their special-ness.

That doesnt change the fact that the beliefs stem originally from the book.

However, obviously there are more sides, I just am too lazy to address them.


My comparison is that sometimes we have to rely on testimony, and the testimony of someone who explains, and addresses all aspects, in comparison to the testimony of someone who explains, but misses addressing some of the aspects, will always be more reliable, not that it's true, but more likely to be true, which is why someone saying that we just believe what others tell us could be true, but doesn't change the fact that we are still inclined to believe the arguments that present themselves as most logical, and in that respect, their basis of belief from personal testimony is still much less logical than what they claim our belief is based on personal testimony, and much less likely to be true for that matter.