On 07/11/2012 8:07 PM, Warp wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>> On 07/11/2012 7:44 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> You'd think so, but many people seem to think that their belief and
>>> ignorance trumps actual knowledge.
>
>> That is what faith means. I believe it without proof. A plus in some
>> quarters, I believe.
>
> Why is it that in many religions (and also in many superstitious belief
> systems)


Is there a difference? (I am not being funny.)


faith is considered a virtue? And they are explicitly referring
> to believing without actual proof or evidence. They talk as if proof would
> diminish and soil the value of the belief, and that the less proof you
> have, the better!

That is how I see it too.

>
> (Of course this is a defense mechanism that has naturally formed that
> keeps superstitious beliefs alive, but I just can't understand why people
> swallow it so easily.)
>

I think that there are two reasons (at least).

1/	No one wants to stop existing when they die so the believe in a 
religion that promises life after death.

2/	A lot of people find it hard to "think outside of the box" and 
believe what they are brought up with as a matter of course.

3/ Lots of people are really STUPID! (Did I say that out loud?)

BTW I think that the talk in this thread (not you) where some people 
discuss just how intelligent/wise you should be before you should be 
allowed to vote, is marching to the sound of the Goose step.

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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