tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873773.post2417523133346545463..comments2023-09-17T08:45:50.720-04:00Comments on Stuff Out Loud: Alternate BeliefsLarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886866662463467215noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873773.post-19076826866386035662008-11-12T13:39:00.000-05:002008-11-12T13:39:00.000-05:00"Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are no..."Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but we distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason."<BR/><BR/>--Christopher Hitchenswijsheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10436744985904368628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873773.post-34122471442442234732008-11-12T12:58:00.000-05:002008-11-12T12:58:00.000-05:00There is a four-year-old child with an active imag...There is a four-year-old child with an active imagination refusing to go to bed. He insists to his mother, "There's a monster in my room!" <BR/> <BR/> His mother turns on the lights and looks around. She says to her son, "See? There's no monster here. Now it's time to go to bed."<BR/><BR/> But the child persists. "I know there is! I've seen him! I've heard him! He must be in the closet!"<BR/><BR/> The mother opens the closet to find nothing but clothes. "There are no monsters in here."<BR/><BR/> "Then he's under my bed!" the child cries. Mother lifts the bed skirt.<BR/> <BR/> "There's nothing here, either."<BR/><BR/> They search throughout the entire room, not finding a single shred of evidence for said monster. But yet, the child continues to insist that it's there.<BR/><BR/><BR/> So who do you think is correct here? Is the mother merely being ignorant, using "faith" to "believe" that there is no monster, even though there's no proof of it whatsoever? The child's word is no proof- As was said, he has a very active imagination. He could have heard the wind and thought it was the monster breathing. Or is the child wrong, imagining there to be a being that simply doesn't exist and wasting his time by worrying about it?<BR/><BR/> Therein lies the difference between atheism and faith.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873773.post-10130231473393293152008-11-12T12:33:00.000-05:002008-11-12T12:33:00.000-05:00Your example is flawed. We can use the word "belie...Your example is flawed. We can use the word "believe" in many ways, such as "I believe it's going to rain today,etc." You are trying to use an argument to support your faith by saying that atheism is a "faith". Stating this does not defend your position at all. <BR/><BR/>Why does no help come if humans aren't around to do the work? If you are bleeding to death and no human comes, you die. If no one intervenes to save a child who is being molested no god comes even if she is screaming Jesus, Jesus help me! No god comes, nothing happens without human endeavor. <BR/><BR/>And thanks for visiting the GifS site. Keep coming back and reading and maybe one day you will "see the light of reason".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com