Atheists, Agnostics, and Anti-theists of ModDB
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A group for those without religion, as well as those who oppose it. Atheism and Agnosticism and Anti-theism.
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Deities, giving humanity courage to face pointless odds as though they can't fail since forever.
Yes it gives people hope to not give up. But Atheist thinks like it too. Faith isn't a bad thing right? Its just how people would wield it good or bad.
Fairly good point. I would say that there are cases when faith is a bad thing. For example, having 'faith' that gravity will function correctly on the Earth is reasonable and doesn't harm anyone.
Having 'faith' that you will go to heaven and get seventy two virgins for fighting 'infidels' can lead you to flying planes into towers and blowing up buses full of people, which is bad. Having faith that you won't fall after stepping off a cliff is also bad since, you know, falling and splatting on the ground. So faith can, in that sense, be bad.
Its also rather lazy in some cases; 'I have faith that god will help the flood victims' versus 'I'm going to help the flood victims by using my 4x4 to deliver blankets, food and clean water'. Its rather clear which is the better thing to do.
I would say faith is always bad, faith is believing something without any logical reason.
All it causes its chaos because all people do is fight over which delusion is correct when they are all in fact wrong.
I think it's good to have faith in others in order to further trust between people... even if that faith gets people killed most of the time.
Humanity, taking proverbs, metaphors and fables literally since forever!
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