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Thread #108205   Message #2256759
Posted By: Mrrzy
08-Feb-08 - 09:57 AM
Thread Name: God still with me 2008
Subject: RE: God still with me 2008
1. Mrrzy, I agree completely with you, blind faith IS dangerous. It is used by some to manipulate and lead people into doing horrendous things. Evidence Jones town, Aryanism, Kamikaze and radical Islam among others. But foolish faith? Wherein lies YOUR faith? Or do you have any? The first evidence of susceptibility is denial.
I guess you could say I have no faith. I certainly don't believe that anything supernatural exists or is real. What I think is foolish is clinging (blindly) to faith AND denying the reality of what is really demonstrated. I guess foolish, in this case, was a polite (?) term for Blind. I do believe things, and hope for things, but I wouldn't say I have "faith" in anything, since that would require believing in the absence of evidence. For example, I believe in Australia, even though I have never experienced it. But I don't have FAITH in Australia.
Mrzzy trots out buzz words like "homophobic", "sexist" and "racist", why? Has she proved that I am these things or does she just want to taint me by their juxtaposition? Or is it easier to attack your known evils?
I was not saying that anybody in particular, and certainly not you, Slag, IS racist/sexist/bigoted. I used those of examples of things people believe which not tolerated by me, not respected by me, and which I really think should not be tolerated by anybody. What I mean is, if it's OK not to respect someone for holding bigoted beliefs, why isn't it OK not to respect someone for holding demonstrably stupid beliefs, like that evolution of the human race is not a fact?

I am also going to comment on a question to Amos:
You do violence, verbally, not to just myself but many millions of believers who may worship under differing chapel names but all under the name of Jesus Christ.
Saying we don't agree with you is NOT doing violence. It is talking. Saying things you don't like is not doing violence. Even insulting you by saying Belief in Jesus is Stupid isn't violence. That's the whole point of talking about stuff, arguing about stuff even shouting at each other about stuff - it isn't hitting people.

And I would like M.Ted to answer my earlier questions, please.