Aside from the extreme fundamentalists, the average theist has, over the centuries, willingly accepted more and more scientific explanations for things that were once ascribed to god.
For example, at one time theists had unwaivering faith...
That you had to be buried with gold, silver and precious gems to buy entry into the afterlife.
That god created the earth at the center of the universe.
That sickness was a form of punishment for lack of faith.
That god deliberately made some people inferior to others.
How do theists explain the loss of faith in these divine beliefs? Was it logic overcoming irrationality, or peer pressure, or exposure to knowledge? Isn't faith supposed to be absolute and unchanging?
If theists continue this pattern of abandoning divine explanations for things, won't they eventually think god right of a job?
2007-07-05
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