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My First RRS BLOG Ramble: The "Faith" Fallback Position

Submitted by HC Grindon on May 22, 2007 - 10:54am.

So I was thinking about how theists love to fallback on their "faith" once logic and reason has obliterated their weak arguments in a debate setting. You know what I'm talking about, it goes something like: "Well Mr. Atheist, while you have a good point logically, it's really quite irrelevent. My strong FAITH in (insert imaginary friend here) is all I need."

It dawned on me that this situation is no different than that of an adult asking a child "Why did you do that?", and the child's obstinate reply of "Because!"

"Because why?"

"Just because!"

ad infinitum

Because. That's what it boils down to. Because. Obstacles to medical progress, religiously motivated war, "honor killing", unneccesary guilt, oppression, sexual repression, women treated like dogs.

Why? Just because.

-HCG

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Yep.

Submitted by Holy_Spirit_is_... on May 23, 2007 - 4:40pm.

Satan will use anything in his power to see mankind fail and ultimately die.  This does include ignorance and even religions. Anything good and right, which God made, Satan will attempt to pervert, deceiving people by the millions. Are you too deceived?

"When [Satan] lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies." John 8:44

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Holy_Spirit_is_Welcome

Submitted by Iruka Naminori on May 23, 2007 - 4:45pm.

Holy_Spirit_is_Welcome wrote:

Satan will use anything in his power to see mankind fail and ultimately die. This does include ignorance and even religions. Anything good and right, which God made, Satan will attempt to pervert, deceiving people by the millions. Are you too deceived?

"When [Satan] lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies." John 8:44

Cthulhu will use anything in his power to see mankind fail and ultimately die.  

See?  Two can play at this game.

All you are doing is making naked assertions.  You don't have any proof.  You're saying these things "because." 

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How do you know its Satan?

Submitted by pariahjane on May 23, 2007 - 4:51pm.

How do you know its Satan? Why isn't it Pan or Thor or Loki? Hmmm.
Iruka is right, this is just your 'because'. If god didn't do it, then Satan did. Same difference, imo.

If god takes life he's an indian giver

Holy_Spirit_is_Welcome

Submitted by HC Grindon on May 23, 2007 - 6:13pm.

Holy_Spirit_is_Welcome wrote:

Anything good and right, which God made, Satan will attempt to pervert, deceiving people by the millions. Are you too deceived?

So, Satan shall cast a conveeeniently wide net of deception tactics that includes loading a logic & reason cartridge into our bullshit detectors? 

Golly frickin' gee, I should have seen that one coming!  Satan, you devil you!

-HCG