Don't be ashamed to tell people that their beliefs are idiotic. I know everyone has "freedom of belief", but if those beliefs are harmful, you have a duty to contradict them.
I know how you feel. My girlfriend forbids me from discussing religion with family or friends because it always ends with awkward silences.
I never said they are idiots, I said that their beliefs are idiotic. Not the same thing.
It's a great tragedy that in the 21st century, with all the knowledge in the world easily available to us, there are still intelligent people who have idiotic beliefs.
I think most religious people secretly know that their beliefs are a bit nonsensical, but they've had those beliefs beaten into them as children or peddled to them like McFries as adults. They're to scared to think, because "God hates questioning curiosity" and "God loves unquestioning faith"
although if you think about it, many scientific "facts" are often believed on the basis that you think someone else proved it, without actually investigating it by oneself.
Yes, but the fact is that they HAVE been proven by someone. If science isn't 100% repeatable, objective and logically sound, it would never get published. Unlike every religious text.
Ultimately we have to believe what somebody else said about 99% of the things we know. Personally, I'd rather believe someone with a PhD than someone who heard voices in his head.
YOUR beliefs are are idiotic. You also BELIEVE that there is no God. Have you ever introspected deeply? Can you define "religion"? Religion is NOT something vague. There are things beyond material knowledge.
re·li·gion [ri-lij-uhn]
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a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
Is it normal To be an atheist and shy to talk about Christian beliefs?
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Don't be ashamed to tell people that their beliefs are idiotic. I know everyone has "freedom of belief", but if those beliefs are harmful, you have a duty to contradict them.
I know how you feel. My girlfriend forbids me from discussing religion with family or friends because it always ends with awkward silences.
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Maybe it's because assuming people are "idiots" for not believing what you believe ... is usually a bad way to start conversations.
Not to mention it's just as bad as those who try to shove their religions down other people's throats.
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I never said they are idiots, I said that their beliefs are idiotic. Not the same thing.
It's a great tragedy that in the 21st century, with all the knowledge in the world easily available to us, there are still intelligent people who have idiotic beliefs.
I think most religious people secretly know that their beliefs are a bit nonsensical, but they've had those beliefs beaten into them as children or peddled to them like McFries as adults. They're to scared to think, because "God hates questioning curiosity" and "God loves unquestioning faith"
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actually... no.
but many people will make such comments in order to "prove" that their own faith - or lack of - is correct
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Just remember - we are all born atheists. Nobody's taught about God by God. We're all taught by people who were taught by people.
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we're also born not knowing about science too.
although if you think about it, many scientific "facts" are often believed on the basis that you think someone else proved it, without actually investigating it by oneself.
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Yes, but the fact is that they HAVE been proven by someone. If science isn't 100% repeatable, objective and logically sound, it would never get published. Unlike every religious text.
Ultimately we have to believe what somebody else said about 99% of the things we know. Personally, I'd rather believe someone with a PhD than someone who heard voices in his head.
YOUR beliefs are are idiotic. You also BELIEVE that there is no God. Have you ever introspected deeply? Can you define "religion"? Religion is NOT something vague. There are things beyond material knowledge.
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re·li·gion [ri-lij-uhn]
noun
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a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
source: <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/religion?s=t"> dictionary.reference.com </a>
I believe that is how one defines "religion"