An example: "I have faith that, because I accept Jeebus as my personal savior, I will join my friends and family in Heaven."
Another example: "I have faith that if I blow myself up to murder women and children Allah will put me back together and I will live forever in a magical paradise."
Reality: Jeebus is dead, Allah isn't real, and a magical 2nd life is impossible.
If an idea requires faith then it's bullshit and it should be thrown out.
"No one word personifies the absolute worst and most wicked properties of religion better than that. Faith is mind-rot. It’s the poison that destroys critical thinking, undermines evidence, and leads people into lives dedicated to absurdity. It’s a parasite regarded as a virtue."
-- PZ Myers, University of Minnesota biologist
"No one word personifies the absolute worst and most wicked properties of religion better than that. Faith is mind-rot. It’s the poison that destroys critical thinking, undermines evidence, and leads people into lives dedicated to absurdity. It’s a parasite regarded as a virtue."
-- PZ Myers, University of Minnesota biologist
Hello. This is the guy from the Yahoo post saying hi. I didn't want to say it on Yahoo where everyone could see it, but I agree with you.
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