On Thursday, February 6, 2014 11:45:21 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:

I have no respect at all for those who base their worldview on faith.
Faith is at the root of nearly everything wrong in the world. Faith is
an intellectual defect of the highest order.

Credulity is a serious intellectual defect.

The frauds and demagogues who want to use religion to control the masses use the emotionally appealing word "faith" when they really mean "credulity".

Faith leads people to believe things like this:

Other people have feelings, and experience what happens to them, the same way as oneself. Therefore, it matters how you treat them.

The Universe makes sense, and so the scientific study of nature is a meaningful and useful endeavor.

Somehow, justice will ultimately prevail.

Credulity, not faith, is what people have when they believe that everything in the holy book of their fathers is to be accepted without question.

It's credulity, not faith, that is to blame for terrorism or inhumane divorce laws.

John Savard