(October 29, 2018 at 4:26 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote:(October 29, 2018 at 11:55 am)MysticKnight Wrote: Anyways, I don't know if the above is preaching or not, so I will stop at that, what makes faith and love go together is mainly the power of dark magic and Demons and sorcerers who wish to instil irrational doubts. Were it not for them, I would agree, it would be so simple and proofs would be apparent.
For FSM's sake, there are no sorcerers, dark magic, or demons.
If a person doubts "faith", maybe they have darn good reasons.
The world would be so much more interesting if they did exist, though. Which is one of the hooks of religion. The notion that some unremarkable rube matters in a cosmological sense, and that they matter so much that the forces of darkness/evil are actively working to trick/befuddle/seduce/kill them is an intoxicating idea for many. They get to be the hero of their own inner monologue LARP campaign.
"I was thirsty for everything, but blood wasn't my style" - Live, "Voodoo Lady"