religion is proof that god doesn't exist

[miriam_e]

Religion always demolishes its own case for the existence of a god. Any proponent of any particular religion will always say "Oh yes, all those other religions are wrong. Out of the thousands of religions ours is the only one that is right." I'd always been distracted by the incredible arrogance of such a statement, but I'd never noticed before how neatly it invalidates itself.

Each religion lays claim to having some direct connection with its god which can only be accepted on faith. Yet when any religion rejects another's faith it is clearly stating that faith is not enough. But faith is the only thing religion has.

Every believer does a better job of demolishing faith than any atheist ever could.

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Re: But wait...

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

I should add a postscript. My point only applies to those faithful who deny other faiths. People who truly believe that faith is indeed enough have no problem with hindus, buddhists, flying saucer cults, and so on.