the son of gad Wrote:
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> Is a belief in a god a question of faith, or is it
> something else, like stupidity, or, following the
> crowd?
>
> Faith seems like it would be if you were asked to
> do, or believe in, something that is a little
> unusual by someone who has done it before.
>
> Like, say you've got a business partner who wants
> to get into a risky deal...but he's pulled
> something very much like it before. He might say,
> hey, have some faith in me, I've done it before.
>
> OK, you might say, based on what I've seen you do
> before, I've got faith in you that you can pull
> this off.
>
> How is a "faith" in a god anything similar?
>
> It's not. We've never seen a god pull off ANYTHING
> that doesn't have a million plus possible other
> explanations. We've never met this "god".
>
> I know, I know, people say..."look all around you!
> How can you say it's not god?"
>
> Well, I can say it's not god the way I can say
> it's not martians, or some weird magic trick, or a
> dog fart that created it.
>
> The only logical answer is "I don't know". And
> just as I think it is foolish to assign anything
> to unseen martians or dog farts, it is foolish to
> conclude god.
>
> So, if a guy you NEVER met, and have no idea of
> his business ability or track record, asks you to
> have a little faith in him pulling of some
> incredible deal, is it faith if you do that, or
> just plain freaking stupidity?
>
> And, isn't faith in god the same thing?
>
> I sense religious babble in ten, nine, eight
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