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At what point does faith become insanity?

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At what point does faith become insanity?
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RE: At what point does faith become insanity?
May 7, 2023 at 2:20 pm
" At what point does faith become insanity?"

When you have to get up early to go to church.
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RE: At what point does faith become insanity?
May 8, 2023 at 12:49 pm
(May 6, 2023 at 9:46 am)no one Wrote: People do not choose to be mentally ill. They do however, choose to believe the obvious nonsense, that is faith!

I don't think anyone chooses what to believe or not to believe. They believe what they've been convince of and don't believe what they're not conviinced of; and that's that. You can't decide 'from now on I'm going to believe the moon is a hologram'. You have to be convinced, even if it's you doing the convincing ('I did muh own research!).
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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RE: At what point does faith become insanity?
May 8, 2023 at 12:54 pm
(May 6, 2023 at 9:50 am)The End of Atheism Wrote:
(May 6, 2023 at 9:46 am)no one Wrote: People do not choose to be mentally ill. They do however, choose to believe the obvious nonsense, that is faith!

Faith isn't nonsense. We all have faith in something, without any faith in anything it's truly hard to go on living

The word faith as two senses:

1. complete trust or confidence in someone or something.

2. strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.

I have faith in the first sense, which is basicallly a synonym for 'trust'. I have faith that the chair I'm sitting on won't explode and that the earth will still be rotating tomorrow. I base that on past performance, but it's not guaranteed. It IS more convenient to live my life as if chairs aren't going to explode if I sit on them though.
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RE: At what point does faith become insanity?
May 8, 2023 at 10:28 pm (This post was last modified: May 8, 2023 at 10:32 pm by WinterHold.)
This is a very dangerous game, because you see, you'll open the gates of hell on you: everybody will "judge you" just the same way you judge them.
In other words: who the hell are you to judge somebody as insane, without a medical diagnosis from a professional doctor" ?

Oh.. you're a populous extreme anti-theist, my bad.
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RE: At what point does faith become insanity?
May 8, 2023 at 10:37 pm
Quote:This is a very dangerous game, because you see, you'll open the gates of hell on you: everybody will "judge you" just the same way you judge them.
No, they won't because they can't  Hehe


Quote:In other words: who the hell are you to judge somebody as insane, without a medical diagnosis from a professional doctor" ?
I'm sure obviously insane behavior warrants some judgment  Hehe



Quote:Oh.. you're a populous extreme anti-theist, my bad.
And your easily offended Muslim extremist don't call a fatwa on someone because they hurt your feelings.  Hehe
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