How do you call someone who is religious only because it makes them feel happy?
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How do you call someone who is religious only because it makes them feel happy?
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November 19, 2017 at 10:07 am
I don't like the grease. Or the snobbery.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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November 19, 2017 at 6:45 pm
I'm sure there's a thread around here for the humour impaired
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
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November 19, 2017 at 6:49 pm
(November 19, 2017 at 4:49 am)Wololo Wrote:"Faith is what you have in things that don't exist"--Homer Simpson(November 18, 2017 at 11:35 am)Die Atheistin Wrote: That type of religious people, who don't really believe in any God, but imagine that one or more exist because it gives them comfort. Are they atheists who don't wanna leave the religion? Is there a name for this exact type of people?  RE: How do you call someone who is religious only because it makes them feel happy?
November 20, 2017 at 10:00 am
(November 19, 2017 at 9:03 am)downbeatplumb Wrote:(November 18, 2017 at 11:35 am)Die Atheistin Wrote: That type of religious people, who don't really believe in any God, but imagine that one or more exist because it gives them comfort. Are they atheists who don't wanna leave the religion? Is there a name for this exact type of people? I think most believers are believers in believing, not necessarily the actual bible or god.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam
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November 20, 2017 at 10:11 am
The kind of believing in question is not neutral, truth seeking believing. It isn't acceptance of the best supported conclusion, not submission to the facts. "True believers" believe heroically, they launch their belief at their chosen target with enthusiasm. While thrusting their belief forward they will brook no but-what-if's. Facts which do not conform are not recognized. 'True' belief is drunk with celebrating certainty, no further quest is required .. only the constant parrying with nay sayers.
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November 22, 2017 at 2:37 pm
(November 20, 2017 at 10:00 am)Harry Nevis Wrote:(November 19, 2017 at 9:03 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: The majority of believers. That seems about right. You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid. Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.  RE: How do you call someone who is religious only because it makes them feel happy?
November 24, 2017 at 11:31 pm
(This post was last modified: November 24, 2017 at 11:32 pm by GrandizerII.)
I'd call them the common Christian. Or common theist. That's how I see it.
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November 24, 2017 at 11:52 pm
Quote:How do you call someone who is religious only because it makes them feel happy? I find that "Hey! Shithead! works best. But I try not to call them very often. RE: How do you call someone who is religious only because it makes them feel happy?
November 25, 2017 at 12:31 am
(This post was last modified: November 25, 2017 at 12:33 am by c172.)
(November 18, 2017 at 11:03 pm)Cyberman Wrote:(November 18, 2017 at 12:21 pm)c172 Wrote: "Chasers of the Joneses"? In it because all the "cool" people are in it? Or maybe "country club Christians".
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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