Faith: an excuse to believe in ridiculous fantasies that have zero evidence.

Psychology Today - Faith and Reason, Is faith a virtue? Nah... Posted Apr 14, 2009

"One of the constantly bewildering aspects of living on planet Earth is the assumption that most human beings seem to make that faith (usually, but not necessarily, the religious variety) is a virtue. This bizarre attitude — just to add insult to injury — often comes coupled with the equally strange idea that somehow too much reason is bad for you."
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Religious brainwashers repeatedly tell their young victims "You must have faith."

"In other words I just drilled into your still developing brain a bunch of ridiculous supernatural fantasies and you must have faith in this bullshit or else your loving god will torture you forever."

In Idiot America the word "faith" is used repeatedly as if believing in bullshit that has zero evidence is a good thing. The stupidity is out of control.

"Faith, 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