Religious faith is what we're talking about. I do not possess it. I understand what it is, but I fail to understand how it is not self-delusion and willful ignorance.
Let's bring it all down to the basic point. You claim that a god exists. I say that I do not believe that and ask if you can provide any evidence to support that claim. You cannot. I still do not believe your claim.
However, if you ask me why I do not believe, I can give you plenty of logical, rational, reasons that I do not. I can point to thousands of years of scientific inquiry into the nature of life, the universe, and everything, that has turned up a mountain of evidence that god is one of (if not the) least likely things to exist. The evidence actually suggests that a god is not even necessary. Keeping those things in mind, believing in god anyway is just silly and childish superstition if not downright delusional.
Let's bring it all down to the basic point. You claim that a god exists. I say that I do not believe that and ask if you can provide any evidence to support that claim. You cannot. I still do not believe your claim.
However, if you ask me why I do not believe, I can give you plenty of logical, rational, reasons that I do not. I can point to thousands of years of scientific inquiry into the nature of life, the universe, and everything, that has turned up a mountain of evidence that god is one of (if not the) least likely things to exist. The evidence actually suggests that a god is not even necessary. Keeping those things in mind, believing in god anyway is just silly and childish superstition if not downright delusional.
