(September 18, 2012 at 7:41 pm)genkaus Wrote: Which is why, I just don't see those chains being strong enough to keep one from truth. Not unless it's not so much that they are bound by their desires but they don't want to let go either.
Okay, I think I understand what you mean now. It's true that many theists do not want to leave, and so they don't even try to break the chains, which was my main point. However, there is one dissconnection between the allegory and reality: those who've questioned their faith and still believe. If they don't want to believe (or don't have a desire strong enough to interfere with their judgement), question their faith, and yet still do believe, then...well it's a mystery why they still do (ignorance?). For those people, the allegory wouldn't apply.
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
