Making Light: All Religions are UPG

[MellowDem]

27. Not at all, it's called having a position...

and stating it. There's nothing wrong with that. It's not one way thinking. I have an open mind. If good evidence is given to me, I will accept it and change my view. So far, you haven't even tried addressing my points. You have simply said that you don't like the words I use and think they're too harsh. Which just seems to back up my position. If you could give me a good reason to think that "faith" is ever a good way to think about anything, or any reason, I'd have something to discuss.

I have no great regard for people who do good works based on faith. I think it's better than doing "bad" works, but faith actually causes it to lose its luster. I have regard for people who do good because they want to, rather than because they think an all powerful god told them to, or for fear of hell, or for the reward of heaven, etc.

I'm not buying your explanation about the link at all.

Yes you are:

Of course some religious people still explain scientifically proven events as supernatural phenomenon.

Yeah, I agree, it's common knowledge, so why did you ask for it again? I think you misread my original comment as somehow saying all people with religious beliefs have a mental disorder, which is not at all what I was saying. I was saying that people have been claiming god can explain their experiences forever, even after science has shown that in some cases it's just the brain. And for the rest of the cases, it's the god of the gaps.

Look, I'm happy when faith based beliefs just happen to line up with my own beliefs, but the reasoning behind them is still flawed and can cause harm. It's similar to saying that libertarians support decriminalizing drugs, but their reasoning is very different, and also leads to supporting such things as getting rid of SS, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.