Just A Reminder About Religious People

[willie24]

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I think you're right, at least if you consider the western society only.

However you should also remember that most of these people also believe that believing what they believe is good, and that not believing it is bad.

So while they don't really believe they have good arguments, they think whoever doesn't believe the same as them is bad. Especially those who don't have another simlar belief instead.

Also, most of these people encourage others to be in the second group, because they think that's the right position to hold, even if they themselves "lack the faith".

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Disagree with last sentence. Actually your last sentence was contradictory because the second group need not have as much faith as the first.

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I think I must be missing something here. Do you mean that the second group actually believes they have good evidence for their beliefs, so they don't need faith?

I would agree with that, if it wasn't because these people are much less willing to evaluate or accept evidence against their beliefs. I would say that it's faith that produces this, but I can see how you can disagree with that.

Or maybe you didn't mean that kind of people at all when talking about the second group?



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i think sklansky misinterpreted the post he was reading.
in the passage, "that's the right position to hold, even if they themselves 'lack the faith,'" he took "they" to mean "the believers", when the OPer meant it to mean "others"

[soon2bepro]

I meant all others, but especially other believers. What's the difference here?