religious faith - "a process of non-thinking"

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: aidanjm
around 50% of the US population believes planet earth is less than 10,000 years old.

47% of all statistics are made up.

See I can do it too.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
My question is how do you know the religion you follow is the real one and the others are false? Afterall those who believe in other religions have just as much faith in theirs as you do in yours.

it's all a matter of faith. nothing more, nothing less. you can't know, otherwise it wouldn't be faith.



although, faith was much easier in the medieval model of physics, where motion required a constant force. god must have existed to them, because who else would push the stars across the sky. that is why galileo was damned, he disproved the most awesome evidence of god's existence.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
My question is how do you know the religion you follow is the real one and the others are false? Afterall those who believe in other religions have just as much faith in theirs as you do in yours.

because your parents/ the pope/ an imman/ the bible / koran/ whoever/ whatever told you so.

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot

Originally posted by: CKent
One of the brightest people I've ever known is a devout Catholic. Religion is open to interpretation; some see it as a welcome relief from having to think, others as a reason to think. It's hardly a label.

That said, I do think it's overstepped its bounds under the current presidential administration and made dangerous headway into public schools and legislature.

I can only call into question the way you define 'bright'...

High IQ / test scores, dual major CS/Econ, probably masters/phd by now (we've fallen out of touch), outgoing / socially successful, financially successful, content in life.

I'm an atheist btw, but a real one. Not an angsty, rebellious teen/twenty-something unwilling to see shades of gray who'll find Jesus by 25