(August 4, 2010 at 6:25 am)AnunZi Wrote: I totally agree mate. However, I also think that there are those who genuinely will NEVER accept facts, proof and reason over blind faith.
This I think is why we will never see the long overdue death of religion. There will always be those who prefer the old adage, “Ignorance is bliss”
Many theists would say they are only seeking the truth or something along those lines. Personaly, I think it's either fear of death or simply want to belive in something that happens to be more pleasent and happy than this reality.
To be blissfully ignorant about death. Where through your beliefs you go off to heaven and all those who did wrong either to you or others will be punished. Where in reality when you die you cease to exist and those who do wrong just cease to exist like you when their time comes. When you see everything as good, pleasent and happy, then you are delonsional.
It's easy to be blissfully ignorant. To hide away all the bad and unpleasent things and opt for fairyland where all your dreams come true.
If people really think there is some fairland place where god always agrees with you and that bad people really do get it coming to them then I'm open for evidence for such assertions.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.