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At what point does faith become insanity?

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At what point does faith become insanity?
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RE: At what point does faith become insanity?
May 8, 2023 at 12:54 pm
(May 6, 2023 at 9:50 am)The End of Atheism Wrote:
(May 6, 2023 at 9:46 am)no one Wrote: People do not choose to be mentally ill. They do however, choose to believe the obvious nonsense, that is faith!

Faith isn't nonsense. We all have faith in something, without any faith in anything it's truly hard to go on living

The word faith as two senses:

1. complete trust or confidence in someone or something.

2. strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.

I have faith in the first sense, which is basicallly a synonym for 'trust'. I have faith that the chair I'm sitting on won't explode and that the earth will still be rotating tomorrow. I base that on past performance, but it's not guaranteed. It IS more convenient to live my life as if chairs aren't going to explode if I sit on them though.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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At what point does faith become insanity?

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RE: At what point does faith become insanity? - by h4ym4n - April 29, 2023 at 5:22 am
RE: At what point does faith become insanity? - by no one - April 29, 2023 at 7:51 am
RE: At what point does faith become insanity? - by brewer - April 30, 2023 at 9:22 pm
RE: At what point does faith become insanity? - by Mister Agenda - May 8, 2023 at 12:54 pm

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