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To: xzins

I stand by what I said. Faith is a flawed methodology for establishing truth.

People of faith I know believe in ghosts, demons, evil spirits, magic, virgin birth, resurrection of the dead after a thousand years or more. All of this seems normal to them in spite of the complete lack of evidence for any of it.

These same people are confident that other people’s religious beliefs are fale. They think the Muslim heaven full of virgins is ridiculous. They call the ancient religious stories of other religions “myths”.

People of faith will believe any kind of nonsense if it helps them with the difficulties of life. This is true of Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, Muslims, and Mormons.

The good news is that for the most part it has no effect. Religious countries are no more moral in action than those that are more secular. The United States has one of the highest percentages of people who claim belief in God and we have one of the highest murder rate too.


17 posted on 08/19/2008 5:47:46 AM PDT by Soliton (> 100)
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To: Soliton

And those very same people each have something “they will not believe.”

You said they will believe anything.

You need to rephrase.

You might want to say that people of faith have believed lots of strange things.


18 posted on 08/19/2008 6:02:09 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain -- Those denying the War was Necessary Do NOT Support the Troops!)
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To: Soliton

We don’t believe you in you.


20 posted on 08/19/2008 6:11:07 AM PDT by jincarolina
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To: Soliton
Religious countries are no more moral in action than those that are more secular.

Absolutely correct and well evidenced in the 20th Century by Stalins Soviet Union, Mao's Communist China, Hitlers NAZI Germany and Pol Pots communist Khmer Rouge.

The 50 million or so murdered by these secularists? No big deal in a world where objective ethics rules the roost. After all who's to say their ethos was wrong? Objectively speaking of course.

46 posted on 08/19/2008 12:35:35 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (Obama (Marxist), Manchuria)
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