RE: Why Should Someone Be an Atheist?
December 24, 2013 at 6:46 pm
(This post was last modified: December 24, 2013 at 6:48 pm by Simon Moon.)
(December 24, 2013 at 6:07 pm)savedwheat Wrote: There is nothing superstitious about it nor is there any mythology.
Superstition - a widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief.
Yahweh's 'cure' for leprosy -
Get two birds. Kill one. Dip the live bird in the blood of the dead one. Sprinkle the blood on the leper seven times, and then let the blood-soaked bird fly off. Next find a lamb and kill it. Wipe some of its blood on the patient's right ear, thumb, and big toe. Sprinkle seven times with oil and wipe some of the oil on his right ear, thumb and big toe. Repeat. Finally kill a couple doves and offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
Please let me know which part of the above does not fit the definition of superstition.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
