tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032287.post1238579325163020385..comments2023-09-08T00:47:50.511-07:00Comments on Naked Reflections: Bill Maher Doesn't Have It Right?Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02549770321948541384noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032287.post-58483762747368279662008-09-21T21:11:00.000-07:002008-09-21T21:11:00.000-07:00Masquelero--What am I not understanding? Don't vi...Masquelero--<BR/><BR/>What am I not understanding? Don't virtually ALL Christians worthy of the label believe Bill Maher's characterization of a grounding assumption of their faith, or do they not? If they do, how is this belief NOT nonsense? If they don't, what DO they believe instead? <BR/><BR/>I readily concede that I may be too "brain damaged" or too much of a "moron" to understand the truth of your answer, but can you at least offer one?<BR/><BR/>I read the article to which you linked. Thank you for directing me to it. It may well be true that if people don't embrace nonsensical Christianity, some, many, or even most of them will embrace some other kind of nonsense instead. Thus, Bill Maher, who appears to be guilty of this himself, may be naive in thinking that relinquishing religious beliefs will inevitably lead to wiser decision making in politics and other parts of the secular domain. <BR/><BR/>But isn't Ms. Hemingway being silly when she says, "It's the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense, and can't see things as they are." For haven't those who believe in the conventional Christian God already forfeited their common sense and ability to "see things as they are," and those who substitute belief in the "occult or the paranormal" merely exchanged belief in one form of nonsense for another?<BR/><BR/>Do Ms. Hemingway and you REALLY mean to suggest that people should cling to Christian nonsense in order to avoid clinging to other kinds of nonsense instead, or wouldn't you prefer that people relinquish ALL nonsensical belief for sound belief?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549770321948541384noreply@blogger.com