@Mavado:
Quite the contrary, faith is belief in the absence of evidence or even in the worst cases, belief that goes against the evidence (hence why I feel "having faith" is such a bad idea)
Thats just how you feel, not how it is
I'm not familiar with the group you mentioned so I wont comment on that
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Though I will say that critizising someone is not neccessarily a sign of disrespect and that while evolution may not be litterally "written in stone" there is actually more evidence that supports evolution than there is evidence to show that two airplanes crashed into the twin towers known as the World Trade Center on September 11 2001 (according to the Christian calender)…
So even though something has more evidence on something that MIGHT have happen, how do you know the evidence you're looking at indeed supports just 1 ideal?
Personally, I tend to say that they believe in stuff that's as stupid as fuck. I challenge ideas, not neccessarily the people who hold them
Attacking somebody's ideals and beliefs is disrespect, and in extreme cases intolerence, but i highly doubt that you'll go that far
Not sure what you're going for here
That Even attacking the beliefs of others can be seen has hateful
All faith is blind, which is precisely why I try to avoid it…
Besides, comfort might be a reason but no matter how comforting an idea is, that alone doesn't make it true (and I do care whether something is true or not)
keyword there, and Comfort is not the reason why my beliefs changed so drastically
So we're all open to ideas
I merely assume that I exist because that is what my senses tell me. Sure, we could all be advanced computer programs existing in a Matrix-like state, but there's nothing to make us believe that is the case. It's just you making an absurd argument to make any absurdity seem reasonable
Assume, thats the keyword right there, Everything as humans think are based upon things we either know or assume, it can change in a instant, our senses also fool us, there is no denying that
And calling my argument absurb seems to be a bit unreasonable, there is no evidence against my claim, nor for it
if anything you can call it Faith if you will
actually scratch that, i'll just assume that you think Faith is absurd aswell
Hence why I try to avoid attacking people. I merely attack the stupid ideas they sometimes hold.
I suggest you try harder
However i Applaud you for your argument, some of the best stuff i read all week
i love arguments