WOTMQ: Believing in Something... Anything
The quote (attributed to Chesterton) at the beginning of Prager's stupid article about Nature kept bugging me after I was done with the PragerFU video. If you know anything about me, you know I have a hard time letting go of that kind of thing.
It's so strange to me now — having left religion 27 years ago, that people feel they HAVE to believe in something... anything. Especially about things of which we can know nothing. This is not to say that I don't believe in things. But those beliefs are evidence based, or simple inevitabilities in which I don't really have the choice to believe or not. I believe in the Scientific Method as the best way to acquire actionable knowledge. But if we find a better way to do that, I'll switch in a heartbeat.
Even more annoying is the belief that "believing" is some kind of primary virtue. I actually had a shirt made years ago that read, "Faith is not a virtue. And doubt is not a sin." I got some funny looks. But I enjoyed every single one of them.
Anyway, enjoy this. And thanks again for all your continued support. Stay safe. And be smarter than your average bear!
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As you and I know, unlike Muslims and other Christians, Mormons ARE like the Jews: NOT trying to "convert" the world to their religion. Oh, yes, they send out missionaries, but the goal is to find the "lost sheep of the House of Israel," i.e., those who were "chosen before they were born" to come down to earth as Elohim's "rulers" in the latter-days, born into a long lost hereditary line of the 10 tribes. If one was among these celestial "valiants" in the pre-mortal existence, and then —gasp!— disavows Mormonism in this life… well, it's "outer darkness" for that heretic. Pffffft. Even if true, sounds damn good to me instead of being with the sycophantic sheeple in the "highest kingdom."