Because there is no definite proof of God existing or not
There is no definite proof, from your perspective, that I’m not a magic rabbit - would be reasonable to believe me as a magic rabbit?
meanwhile we know for a fact that the earth is round and is constantly heating up.
There’s no definitive proof a magic fairy won’t make all the changes since pre-industrial society disappear and fix all of our issues. Is that a reasonable expectation?
There is no definite proof, from your perspective, that I’m not a magic rabbit - would be reasonable to believe me as a magic rabbit?
There’s no definitive proof a magic fairy won’t make all the changes since pre-industrial society disappear and fix all of our issues. Is that a reasonable expectation?
As long as I’m not making important decisions with the assumption that you’re a magic rabbit and that a magic fairy will fix our issues sure, I see no problem believing that.
If you think “hey, the magic fairy might come and fix everything, but it also might not so let’s still try fixing it ourselves first” that’s still good. It’s when people are absolutely certain of uncertain things that problems arise.
Yes, that kind of religious people are dangerous. And they’re a large part, if not the majority. But it’s still not all of them, plenty of important scientists have been religious for example.
There is no definite proof, from your perspective, that I’m not a magic rabbit - would be reasonable to believe me as a magic rabbit?
There’s no definitive proof a magic fairy won’t make all the changes since pre-industrial society disappear and fix all of our issues. Is that a reasonable expectation?
As long as I’m not making important decisions with the assumption that you’re a magic rabbit and that a magic fairy will fix our issues sure, I see no problem believing that.
If you think “hey, the magic fairy might come and fix everything, but it also might not so let’s still try fixing it ourselves first” that’s still good. It’s when people are absolutely certain of uncertain things that problems arise.
Therein lies the issue – the religious ALWAYS default to using their sky fairy as an answer in the end.
Yes, that kind of religious people are dangerous. And they’re a large part, if not the majority. But it’s still not all of them, plenty of important scientists have been religious for example.