Actually, Hume's Problem of Induction says that we can't infer from past experience that the world will act in the same way as it did before.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_induction
Still, this doesn't justify believing in blatant nonsense like religion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_induction
Still, this doesn't justify believing in blatant nonsense like religion.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
