RE: Too many near death experiences
November 8, 2017 at 4:13 pm
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2017 at 4:16 pm by Simon Moon.)
(November 8, 2017 at 4:02 pm)purplepurpose Wrote:(November 8, 2017 at 3:28 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Have you had a chance to look around the world?
African Christians burning children alive for being witches, Muslims blowing themselves up in public places, creationists trying to get their pseudoscience taught in public school science courses, politicians not accepting climate change because their ancient text claims that god will not destroy the world in a flood again, homosexuals persecuted (and thrown off buildings in some countries), wars started, planes flown into buildings at several hundred miles an hour, children in the US prevented by their parents from getting medical help, etc, etc, all for one ridiculous, unsupported religious belief or another.
If you are not angry at any of the above, then you just aren't paying attention.
You seriously hate faith as of whole? Wish to put a leash on religion?
Faith is not a virtue, it is indistinguishable from gullibility.
It as an excuse people use to describe a belief they have, when they have no good reason to believe it is true.
Faith is not a reliable path to truth, when it can lead 1.5 billion Muslims, 1.1 billion Hindus, 2 billion Christians, all to different, mutually exclusive, beliefs.
Please explain why you think faith is a good thing?
Of course I don't want to put a leash on religion. I want it to disappear based on the fact that it is not supported by evidence, logic and reasoned argument.
And it has not gone unnoticed that you did not respond to any of the real world negative consequences I listed in the post you are responding to.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.