Right. Promoting faith is pretty much saying that it doesn't matter whether or not one's beliefs correlate with the truth about reality.

"I have faith in Jehovah, you have faith in Allah, he has faith in L. Ron Hubbard. Yeah, we can't all be right, but who cares what the truth is? If everybody else is believing in stuff with no real good reason to choose those particular beliefs, then it's okay for me to believe stuff without having anything to back it up too."

It is just a way to justify not thinking about stuff. When you believe in something that isn't true like religion, you have to make up all sorts of excuses for why reality doesn't seem to support your position. It's very interesting to see all the different ways people of faith cope with this. The various rationalization mechanisms are pretty much the same no matter what false belief you're talking about. Believers in religions, crazy conspiracy theories, psychic powers, astrology, and alternative medicine all use the same techniques for justifying their rejection of logic and reason in favor of what's comfortable to believe for them.
Oneironaut Reviewed by Oneironaut on . Can we agree on this? I think it all comes down to faith. You either believe something or you don't. There are no facts. I think that for every scientific fact the athiest provides, there's a counter from a different scientist that makes science fit with the word of God. Since we weren't around at the beginning, we have no clue on how we got here. What we think may have happened to start it all comes down to us trusting in someone else. Agreed? :beatdeadhorse: It always comes down to faith. Some put their faith Rating: 5