tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78332799840456538812024-03-19T15:49:43.606-06:00Not On FaithShow me the evidence!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833279984045653881.post-3124348379512347502012-09-18T01:13:00.000-06:002012-09-18T01:13:01.437-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833279984045653881.post-11495421650322917822012-09-06T15:41:00.000-06:002012-09-06T15:41:00.691-06:00God Knows We Could Use One...<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I like hugs!</span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833279984045653881.post-69625306611541479292012-09-06T13:12:00.001-06:002012-09-06T13:17:25.289-06:00It Takes More Faith To Be An Atheist...<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 23.1px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">"We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes." ~ Gene Roddenberry</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 23.1px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Apart from claiming evidence through assertions that "my god did it", there is zero evidence for the existence of a specific deity (if you disagree, give me your single best argument for the existence of your god). Therefore, in the absence of evidence supporting the existence of a specific deity we would need to randomly pick one of the many thousands of suggested gods, or none of the above. I've gone for "none of the above" simply because the evidence is not compelling. I was raised in a Catholic household, sent to faith school, attended church, and every single moment of religious "education" sent shivers down my spine. Even then, to my young and forming mind, this was total, complete and utter bollocks. World-wide floods with every animal on a ship, yeah right!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 23.1px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">The argument is nothing more than a reverse attempt at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pascal's Wager</a>. Summed up as, if I believe (or pretend to) and I'm right, I'll go to heaven, but if I don't believe (or pretend to) and I'm wrong, then I'm doomed to hell. What's a few Sundays when you have an eternity of punishment ahead of you? The wager has been thoroughly debunked elsewhere (I won't go into it here), but the faith claim above is simply a restatement of Pascal.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 23.1px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">What if you have faith in the wrong god? Or the right god, but you're worshiping him in the wring way? As Homer Simpson so aptly put it "What if every time we go to church we're just making god madder and madder?" What then? If there is a god, and he/she/it has the attributes ascribed by believers of the Abrahamic faiths, then hell awaits (okay, technically not for the Jews, but the Christians and Muslims for sure).</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 23.1px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wrapping up on the faith issue, there are many claims made in the world about gods, the supernatural and other pseudo-sciences such as crypto-zoology etc. Which claims (let's take Bigfoot for example) does take more faith not to believe in? Does it take more faith NOT to believe in Bigfoot than to believe in Bigfoot? The question sound's silly, but those of faith try to make the question plausible when they find/replace "Bigfoot" with "God", and more specifically, "which god?".</span></span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833279984045653881.post-34347682208910466712012-09-05T13:50:00.001-06:002012-09-06T12:44:38.519-06:00Why Faith is a Bad Thing...<h2 style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">
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people to do bad things, it takes religion.”</b> ~ Steven Wienberg</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: #f2f7f4; color: #555555; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.3833px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Our noble cleric decided that it was in the best interests of his Muslim community that the Christians are driven from their homes, even if this means tampering with evidence and lying. This means that he added burnt pages of his own holy book, the Qur'an (a crime punishable by death in his own country) to a shopping bag containing ashes and burnt paper carried by the girl.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f2f7f4; color: #555555; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.3833px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">His own people attempted to dissuade the cleric, but his blind faith allowed him to justify this evil, attempting to corrupt the evidence effectively sentencing this innocent girl to death, either under the (unethical) laws of the Pakistani judicial system, or at the hands of a blood-thirsty angry mob.</span></div>
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When a Christian tells me that she has faith, I struggle to see the difference between this and when a Muslim tells me she has faith. What's the difference?<br />
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Both believe without evidence. Both resort to their "faith" as justifications for their belief. And both are more likely than not born into a region of the world dominated by their faiths.<br />
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So why is faith an argument for religious belief? All religions claim (demand) faith and all hold this as a central tenet to the legitimacy of their belief.<br />
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Faith is not enough!<br />
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Saint Augustine was describing the now well known theory of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias" target="_blank">Confirmation Bias</a> - the man was truly well ahead of his time.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833279984045653881.post-13476410860261432782012-08-22T13:30:00.002-06:002012-08-22T17:55:22.799-06:00Welcome - Yet Another BlogWelcome to yet another new blog on the blogosphere! One more among many hundreds of thousands of other blogs with hundreds upon hundreds of topics and themes. So most likely, this one will go the way of most and eventually peter out as the author's enthusiasm wanes with each day and comments are as rare as rocking horse shit.<br />
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But nothing ventured, nothing gained, no cliche left unturned. So I'm going to give it a go, and with luck, effort, some interesting topics, a writing style that you will enjoy, and more luck, mostly luck, then maybe, just maybe, this blog will gain some followers and start to enjoy a to-and-fro dialogue between author and commentators.<br />
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The main topic at hand is that of "faith". And that means religious faith, taking things unseen and without evidence as truthful. I will, however, also speak to other subjects that interest me as takes my fancy from time-to-time. Hopefully this will help keep the blog interesting and vibrant.<br />
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But the main thing that keeps a blog interesting and vibrant is the participation of the reader, and that's you! Please comment. Please dive in with your thoughts and opinions. You are free so say what you please, but trolls are obvious and when spotted will be sent underneath the bridge to torment billy goats gruff.<br />
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If you have ideas for posts, or you would like to participate as a guest poster, please email me at reasonmakessense[at]gmail[dot]com. I'm open to anything, but please don't feel bad if I don't get back to you, I have a day job, although I promise I'll try.<br />
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So let's get started. I'll be looking at ways to promote my blog via social media sites and other tools, and if you see something you like, please share it with others.<br />
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Thanks for reading, I hope we can share an internet adventure together.<br />
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Sincerely;<br />
PaulUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7833279984045653881.post-39678903659424905772012-08-22T10:15:00.000-06:002012-08-22T10:15:18.103-06:00Faith - The Dictionary Definition<div class="header">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Faith <span class="pronset"><span class="show_spellpr" style="display: inline;"><span class="prondelim">[</span><span class="pron">feyth</span><span class="prondelim">]</span> <span class="pron_toggle" style="display: inline;"></span></span></span><span class="pg"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">noun</span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<b><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">2.</span></span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;"> belief</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">that</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">is</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">not</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">based</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">on</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">proof:</span> </span><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">He</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">had</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">faith</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">that</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">hypothesis</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">would</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">be</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">substantiated</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">by</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">fact.</span> </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">3.</span></span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;"> belief</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">God</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">doctrines</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">teachings</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> </span>religion<span id="hotword">: </span><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">firm</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">faith</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">Pilgrims.</span> </span></span></b></div>
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<span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">4.</span></span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;"> belief</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">anything,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">as</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">code</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> </span>ethics<span id="hotword">, <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">standards</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">merit,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">etc.:</span> </span><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">be</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">same</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">faith</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">with</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">someone</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">concerning</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">honesty.</span> </span></span></div>
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<b><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">5.</span></span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword"> a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">system</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">religious</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">belief:</span> </span><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">Christian</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">faith;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">Jewish</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">faith.</span> </span></span></b></div>
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<span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">6.</span></span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword"> the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">obligation</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">loyalty</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">fidelity</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">person,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">promise,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">engagement,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">etc.:</span> </span><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">Failure</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">appear</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">would</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">be</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">breaking</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">faith.</span> </span></span></div>
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<span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">7.</span></span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword"> the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">observance</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">this</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">obligation;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">fidelity</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">one's</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">promise,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">oath,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">allegiance,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">etc.:</span> </span><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">He</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">was</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">only</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">one</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">who</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">proved</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">his</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">faith</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">during</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">our</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">recent</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">troubles.</span> </span></span></div>
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<b><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">8.</span> </span></span><span class="labset"><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">Christian</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">Theology</span> </span></span><span id="hotword">. </span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">trust</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">God</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">His</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">promises</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">as</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">made</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">through</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">Christ</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">Scriptures</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">by</span> </span>which<span id="hotword"> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">humans</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">are</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">justified</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">saved.</span></span></b><br />
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