Originally posted by MrXYZ
reply to post by JohnPhoenix
If a religious person says "God created the universe", you can't verify this. Yet they don't even bother labeling it as a theory, they accept it as FACT. But it's not even close to a fact, we have zero proof for their statement. They aren't even twisting the facts, they just blindly believe and don't even ask for proof. That's blind faith, and worse than anything else because it hinders progress!
As for your contention that blind faith hinders progress ... i disagree .. faith is what the Wright Brothers had ... or anyone for that matter who invented anything or created something new ... it is believing in something we cannot yet prove or see ... faith that there is a God who created all of this & that He/She is a loving God who cares for me ... could be a good thing or a bad thing ... you don't have to ignore reality to have this desire to know God ... you can be as sane as anyone else ... it's all the other crap that makes religious people kooky ... they simply do bad things & ignore reality ... that is bad .... but their faith in the invisible is not the cause of this ... they are hoping for something better .. of course their actions show that they don't actually believe in much of anything .. particualrly if they are trying so hard to control others ...

