(January 10, 2019 at 11:26 am)Brian37 Wrote:(January 10, 2019 at 9:37 am)Nihilist Virus Wrote: Faith is a way of attaining knowledge? As in make believe?
And lol, atheist trigger words. Keep on trying.
There are plenty of theists throughout history I find to be heros to humanity. Humans who display compassion and empathy for others. Martian Luther King Jr, Ann Frank and Malala would be great examples. But, I do not agree that their actions, that serve as a good example for humanity, are coming from a divine source from above.
Humans do not have to, as you put it "make believe" that good is some super natural outside source. Our behaviors are not a product of the divine world, but have always been in us. It is still up to our species how we interact with each other.
Believing in good and believing in God are different things. There's no reason to believe that God exists. If you make yourself believe it, that's make believe.
Jesus is like Pinocchio. He's the bastard son of a carpenter. And a liar. And he wishes he was real.
