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Re: Religion, Maher Style
Posted by: Davidov
Date: 10/08/2008 08:43AM
James Lamm says:
"Unlike many of of the sheep who blindlly and irrationationally follow whatever they are told, he has the courage to think for himself and leap into the great unknown."
Good for him, if true. (I don't know enough about Bill Maher, I'll admit.)
"That takes more courage than to simply follow some unproven and unsubstantiatiated snake oil peddled by phonies in robes or in funny hats."
Agreed.
"Faith is just a word for being intellectually lazy and dishonest!"
Nope. That's *blind* faith. Which happens to be the exact type of faith exhibited by many atheists these days.
Faith is a belief in something that can't be proven -- such as in the existence or non-existence of some form of deity.
It's *blind* faith if you're intellectually lazy and buy the unsubstantiated snake oil peddled by someone else, whether that person wears funny hats and/or has advanced degrees from Oxford.
If, as you say, you have the courage to think for yourself, you'll either be agnostic or come to a (necessarily tentative) faith which squares with the rational world. In which case, good for you.
"Unlike many of of the sheep who blindlly and irrationationally follow whatever they are told, he has the courage to think for himself and leap into the great unknown."
Good for him, if true. (I don't know enough about Bill Maher, I'll admit.)
"That takes more courage than to simply follow some unproven and unsubstantiatiated snake oil peddled by phonies in robes or in funny hats."
Agreed.
"Faith is just a word for being intellectually lazy and dishonest!"
Nope. That's *blind* faith. Which happens to be the exact type of faith exhibited by many atheists these days.
Faith is a belief in something that can't be proven -- such as in the existence or non-existence of some form of deity.
It's *blind* faith if you're intellectually lazy and buy the unsubstantiated snake oil peddled by someone else, whether that person wears funny hats and/or has advanced degrees from Oxford.
If, as you say, you have the courage to think for yourself, you'll either be agnostic or come to a (necessarily tentative) faith which squares with the rational world. In which case, good for you.
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