RE: What things do I have faith in?
November 17, 2013 at 8:03 pm
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2013 at 8:04 pm by Ryantology.)
My response to this dishonest argument from theists is that all faith is not equal. I have faith that many things will happen, but in every instance, the basis of my faith is that they have happened, that they are established facts. I have faith that my section of the planet will rotate into the path of direct sunlight every day because this has always happened. I know it's possible that I may die in my sleep tonight, but I have faith that I won't, because I never have yet. I don't have faith that my football team will win next week, but I do have faith that they'll still exist next week. I have faith in things that are certain, or very close to certain.
Having faith in something which is overwhelmingly likely to be true is not the same as having faith in something which has never been established to have happened at any point, ever. This gets even worse when you build a religion around a ridiculously unlikely assumption. Every object of religious "faith" only ends up constructing a scenario which is exponentially less likely to be true than the last. By the time you get to a complete dogma, what you have is faith in something that is a stone's throw away from completely impossible.
My faith is believing that the state lottery will still be played tomorrow. Christian faith is believing that you're going to win the state lottery every day for the rest of your life. It is in no way comparable.
Having faith in something which is overwhelmingly likely to be true is not the same as having faith in something which has never been established to have happened at any point, ever. This gets even worse when you build a religion around a ridiculously unlikely assumption. Every object of religious "faith" only ends up constructing a scenario which is exponentially less likely to be true than the last. By the time you get to a complete dogma, what you have is faith in something that is a stone's throw away from completely impossible.
My faith is believing that the state lottery will still be played tomorrow. Christian faith is believing that you're going to win the state lottery every day for the rest of your life. It is in no way comparable.
