(January 19, 2019 at 5:17 pm)Alternatehistory95 Wrote: Religion (at least Christianity and Islam) teaches you to believe without questioning, even in the face of no evidence or opposing evidence.
There are two assertions here which I think we can question.
First, is it true that Christians are all taught to believe without questioning? Among Christian literature, questioning and doubting is seen as an essential part of faith. How one deals with doubt -- how one grapples with the inevitable weakness of faith -- is an important part of one's thought processes. Of course, there are always unthinking people in any large scale movement, but that doesn't mean that non-thinking is encouraged.
Second, is it true that Christians see no evidence for their beliefs? While you may have a different set of rules for what constitutes good evidence, this doesn't mean that, in their terms, they see none.
