'sola fide' religions are mental ailments causing harm as real as other mental illnesses?

Question

sola fide ( faith alone ) religions all hold the tenet that faith in a specific God precludes non-belivers from salvation.

how very dare they?

"Revealed faith is not harmless nonsense, it can be lethally dangerous nonsense. Dangerous because it gives people unshakeable confidence in their own righteousness. Dangerous because it gives them false courage to kill themselves, which automatically removes normal barriers to killing others. Dangerous because it teaches enmity to others labelled only by a difference of inherited tradition. And dangerous because we have all bought into a weird respect, which uniquely protects religion from normal criticism. Let's now stop being so damned respectful."
Richard Dawkins

Answer 1

from "their" concept of salvation, perhaps so
but since you don't give credence to their reality
why let it upset you?

Answer 2

Wow...where to start...

"Revealed faith" is just that...revealed. If it hasn't been revealed to you, then you cannot understand it.

Also, Richard Dawkins, is hardly in a position to understand faith. He has never experienced it. Therefore, using the logic that Dawkins aspires too...he has absolutely no ability pass judgment on, or define, or even talk about "faith."

And...faith does not give us confidence in our own righteousness...way wrong, way off base. Faith gives us confidence in God and let's us see that we are not righteous. We are not worthy of his love and mercy. We have faith that as unworthy as we are, he still offers us salvation through his Son.

Dawkins appears to be speaking about extremists...possibly.

Well, there are extremists and fanatics in many areas of life. This is a trait particular to that type of person, their own personality, not a trait particular to faith. It may be that the very nature of religion cannot stop these extreme types from aligning themselves with a certain group. This does not mean that the "extremest" exemplifies the beliefs and practices of that group.

I find it interesting that the quote talks about faith, that Dawkins cannot possibly understand. He makes incorrect assumptions using his misunderstanding of faith. He lumps "people of faith" into one group...much the same as most spiritually blind do. Then he labels it "dangerous" all based on his erroneous assumptions.

I mean wow...and you all follow this guy?

Answer 3

The quote from Richard Dawkins, while interesting, doesn't apply to followers of Jesus Christ--not if they know and follow the Bible. Christians have no faith in "their own righteousness." We know that we are all equal at the foot of the cross, and that the best "righteous acts" that we do on our own are like "filthy rags" compared to God's holiness.

As believers, we are not free to kill ourselves nor to murder others because we know that God values life and that life and death is his to dispense.

As believers we are told to "love" our enemies and to "pray for" those who persecute us. God "is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." He calls people from "every nation, tribe, and tongue."

Many claim to be believers, who do not follow after Christ at all, but true believers and followers of Christ do not line up with the Dawkins' quote. Many religious zealots following their own version of "God" do. Lumping all those who live by "faith alone" together in one group is false.

Blessings.

Answer 4

"religion" ( a learned behavior based upon a belief system) of today is much different than thousands of years ago...then it was about surviving when your chances to do so were not high....now, its easy , since we have advanced ourselves within worldliness...however, its when we have to deal with suppressive people; that becomes an argument of the "fairness" of a situation.......to ignore the laws of nature and the entire universe(which we have only just begun to scratch the surface as a whole)...would be to deny people of what is best for them and what it is that they "deserve".....there has to be an "ultimate" government or else we would never experience the balance or symmetry that we as humans have for ages expressed the interest in......

Answer 5

Richard Dawkins is a dick. He obviously has not read Romans 2:12-14.
Believe some more lies of the devil. See where it gets you.

Answer 6

doctrines with eternal torture can stifle people, and make them sick too. There is alot unresolved between eastern and western philosophy. In the west god is a horrible tyrant, like a jealous madman trying to take everyones life away. In the east god is universally loving, and merciful. In the west god is veangeful and tortures people. In the east he punishes for ones own good and to teach them.

Answer 7

The answer to your question is "no". The rest of what you posted is irrelevant.