On 2008-02-12 23:37:39 +0000, "Jamffer" <jamffer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
> "Andrew" <thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:2008021222055116807-thecroft@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On 2008-02-12 21:19:08 +0000, "Mary" <mary123@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>>
>>> Can you think of a word for "irrational belief in an invisible sky
> entity" ?
>>
>> Take your pick - "Wisdom", "Truth", "Insight", "Intelligence" (You
>> walked into that one!)
>>
> Wisdom is not irrational.
>
> Belief is not necessarily wisdom.
>
> Belief is not always truth.
>
> Insight is only rational if proven to be true.
>
> Intelligence is not blind.
err... do you understand the word 'levity' at all?
>
>
> Can I think of a word for "irrational belief in an invisible sky entity"
?
>
> Maybe two words or more, blind faith
You do realise that's an oxymoron, don't you? A refusal to question is
evidence of a lack of faith.
> or Hey, religion is my income.
> Or, without a God we would only depend on ourselves, so we need to
believe.
>
> Would we feel comfortable seeing a God coming down and tearing up the
> landscape whenever something needed to be adjusted? Would humans get
very
> lazy if the world had no need for us to fix anything? Maybe God would
get
> sick of "Hey God, I have a pimple on my butt will you please send an
angel
> down before the game this afternoon?".
Yup - worked all that out and you're preaching to the choir. That's why
we don't believe in any such God. Try having a word with some of the
other folk that come in here and belly-ache along the lines of "God
didn't stop that bad thing happening so he can't exist" - they're much
more fun to play with.
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