(March 28, 2015 at 5:19 pm)Tobie Wrote: If something is questioned or challenged even slightly, it promotes more questions and challenges unless dealt with harshly. Christianity in particular has some glaring inconsistencies so they must be particularly severe when it comes to people questioning their religion.
This.
If someone actually believed a true religion, then questioning it and examining it could never disprove it. It is because religions are false that they need protection from careful examination.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
