But for millions of christians out there their faith in neither blind nor misguided.their faith is what give them purpose and meaning, and just because i don't share the same views doesn't make their lives any less meaningful. If all the atheist and non-believers out there started telling the christians that their faith in god is a bad thing and misguided then ultimately your no better then the self-righteous preachy religious types.
First define misguided & blind then we can talk about the rest.
obviously the brains of the relationship:asian:
obviously i'm not talking about all the god-fearing types out there. because people do some stupid stupid things for the sake of religion and their beliefs. i just don't get how people using the bible and their personal faith in leading the best lives possible for themselves can be defined as 'misguided and blind'. when they have chosen that path, it's not as though they have all been hidden from the outside world, they learnt about evolution and the conflicting evidence science presents and made the decision for themselves (again, i'm not talking about everyone, but in my experience it is a large portion)
If an article was written in popular science stating a team of the worlds top researchers had made the discovery that the earth used to be rectangle most people would be like 'wow i never knew that' And just take the what it says as fact, they wouldn't spend the next 10 years of their lives researching and finding it out for themselves. now THAT is blind and misguided.
If all the atheist and non-believers out there started telling the christians that their faith in god is a bad thing and misguided then ultimately your no better then the self-righteous preachy religious types.
Dramatic slow clap anyone?*claps*Seriously, I like this guy. +rep.
when they have chosen that path, it's not as though they have all been hidden from the outside world, they learnt about evolution and the conflicting evidence science presents and made the decision for themselves (again, i'm not talking about everyone, but in my experience it is a large portion)
thanks :thumb:i'm not a guy though.
What on earth is that thing stuck in the back of your neck.Some sort of mind probe?
In short, sure everyone is allowed to believe in whatever the hell they want, aslong as it doesn't effect me
it's a lovely quote and all but all life is meaningless. We can't tell Osama his faith in Allah is a bad thing ?
But for millions of christians out there their faith in neither blind nor misguided.
im sure hitler thought he was doing the right thing too. doesnt mean he was though does it? But im sure youll respect his beliefs.
You and I agree on the point that if a persons beliefs negatively impact on someone else, then probably they are doing it wrong.
Probably not - he'll kill you if you say that to him.
So do you continue to respect thier beliefs and not speak up?
Why is it that people can't question religion in the public domain?Everytime someone does that a whole bunch of rage erupts with people saying you need to "respect peoples beliefs", yet we can question pretty much anything else.
well you wouldn't want to say that his beliefs were wrong, then you would be no better then those self-righteous preachy religious types.
i admit i know next to nothing about the universe, but it's not just me, it's all of mankind. there's a lot of plausible theories but in reality the universe and the concept of god is too great for humans to properly comprehend.
See, those who get angry when their beliefs are questioned probably fall into that "you're doing it wrong" category. I don't mind if my beliefs are questioned; heck, this thread is now how many pages long? But I do object to being told that my beliefs are dangerous and that I should not be allowed to believe them, which is the opinion of several members here.