(March 5, 2014 at 7:42 am)Esquilax Wrote:(March 5, 2014 at 7:39 am)JesusLover1 Wrote: But my parents and everyone I know are so so so so so so so confident it's true!!! I mean there has to be something more, it can't just be blind faith and wishful thinking can it? If so couldn't people just believe in anything?
People do believe in anything: just look at how varied all the different religious denominations and churches are. I can show you videos from a guy who is convinced- and I'm not kidding when I say this- that airplanes are demons wearing holograms. Seriously.
Faith is not a pathway to truth, and you've gotta ask yourself just why it is that religions prize faith above reason and evidence; why would they need to do that if they were right?
It does seem like a cop out, but the thing is so many completely normal, rational, even skeptical people believe it, it's not just folks who will cling onto anything they so desire.
