I can feel myself losing my patience.

April/08/2008 Filed in: My Own Thoughts
Can you be considered rational and still believe in something that remains unproven and in many cases disproved? I don't think you can. Once you've been shown that what you believe in is false you have two options, ignore them completely or do some serious homework. If no one has ever questioned your own personal beliefs to your face then you probably believe whatever you were taught as a child and took it as truth.

Sometimes I consider using the shock factor and saying something so outrageous about their God that they would seriously think he would strike me down where I stand. But I am 100% confident that long after they had that thought I would still be staring them in the face with a condescending look. Your God can't touch me because he is imaginary, which means I can whatever I want to him or about him and nothing will ever happen to me. Here's the kicker, so can you.

The reason I don't use the shock factor is respect of the person, not their beliefs. I made a joke to my nephew that I had killed God and he could worship me now. He took that as a personal attack and asked that I refrain from such things, I doubt he would have felt the same if I made a similar comment about his choice for president, etc. I agree 100% with Richard Dawkins about people thinking that their religious beliefs are above criticism. Why do believers think their religion deserves a level of respect that puts it outside of criticism?
|