As Pico and ME noted:
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Originally Posted by Pico and ME
I have my own theory about how this usually starts with people and tried to express it in another discussion, but was accused of attacking someones 'faith' when you got into the discussion.
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Another fundamental problem with beliefs based only in speculation: the believer has no reason to justify (be confident in) their belief. A believer must fall back to emotional attachment and outbursts. A resulting emotional suspicion and cynicism redefines those questions, instead, as an attack. Why? Religion should only be a relationship between one and his god(s). Therefore anyone else's questions or doubts are completely irrelevant - harm no one - insult no one.
Does religion also not teach to turn the other cheek? Of course. One secure in his own religion is never threatened or insulted - if religion is really only about that man / god(s) relationship.
Religious beliefs don't meet the definition of 'theory'. Religious rhetoric (ie the pope is infallible or that virgins await martyrs) only meets the definition of wild speculation or junk science. And yet the religious will even violate their sixth commandment to ‘defend’ their religion from threats that only ask damning questions and that threaten no one.
"What is a god?" The question broke down into the inevitable problem - what is a fact and how do we know anything? Why would people confuse a 'theory' called evolution with 'wild speculation' called creationism? Creationism is defined by the same reasoning that also proved "The Force". No wonder religious leaders in the early days of Star Wars called it a pagan religion. “The Force” was a potential religion and therefore a threat. Fortunately cooler heads prevailed so that Luke Skywalker could save the universe.