I am an atheist. But I am respectful of faith, and I understand that faith is a different type of thought with different aims than scientific thought, and I can respect it while at the same time disagreeing with it for logical reasons.
But I'm growing increasingly frustrated with this new brand of militant, self-righteous atheist who is convinced that people of faith are all morons who simply need to be exposed to their wisdom; people who see themselves as superior to religious (and otherwise faithful) people simply because they're atheistic.
I, of course, have reasons for respecting faith, but they require an attention span to communicate (they have to do with analogies to common, non-religious types of faiths and well-known scientific religious geniuses who were religious), but I'd like a quick, easy-to-understand explanation of how one can be religious and still respect and value faith; something that these arrogant, bigoted types of atheists are capable of digesting.
Anyone?
2007-11-12
13:43:53
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