3rd January 2012
“Realizing that the Hebrew Bible mentioned other gods, and that some stories bore a similarity to earlier faiths, confirmed to me that religion was a human construction.”
“Realizing that the Hebrew Bible mentioned other gods, and that some stories bore a similarity to earlier faiths, confirmed to me that religion was a human construction.”
January 3rd, 2012 at 4:50
The most profoundly religious people are usually the ones with no knowledge of history. Further, they will adamantly persist in their ignorance even after being educated.
January 3rd, 2012 at 13:56
Some people will persist in believing the craziest things. And calling faith (blind belief in nonsense) a virtue. I will never understand the appeal of lying to oneself.
January 3rd, 2012 at 16:21
The irrational holds comfort for many, perhaps most, of humanity. Think about it, and you’ll see that rational thought is a imposition upon earlier modes of being.
Looked at from that standpoint, faith is what most people resort to because rational thought is WORK, and people, as a group, tend to be a bit lazy when they can get away with it. Someone else has thought about it, and they came up with X, so, X must be the way it is. That’s what makes con men and priests wealthy.
January 3rd, 2012 at 19:45
Truer words Jeff, were never spoken. I find that is true too of politics, sports fanaticism, and nationalism as well.