Why Are The Religious So Insecure In Their Beliefs?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28686998
Ok I realise I'm probably not the best person to be asking this but really if your belief is rock solid why will it not stand competition? Or indeed doubt/debate? Must everyone unquestioningly fall into line? Why has the human race not graduated beyond these ancient fairy tales?

[atalanta]

You know what George Bernard Shaw said about ballroom dancing, of course . . .

[mikey4444]

TTT...all religions are invented, always from highly suspect sources. Look at Scientology for instance ! As these religions are based on such rocky foundations, its no wonder that they are all insecure.

Milvus...us atheists are devoid of belief...that is what an atheist is ! Its up to people like you to justify why you believe in irrational things, not us to justify why we don't. If I stood up at a dinner party and said that Unicorns were real, I would expect everybody else to ask me to justify why I thought that, not for them to try demonstrate why Unicorns don't exist.

If you and others want to believe in this sort of thing, go ahead...just don't expect others to fall for it as well.

Of course, if it was only that easy ! The world is full of people dying because they believe in the "wrong" religion...a cursory glance at the Middle East will confirm that. Religion just breeds malcontent and bigotry...nothing more.

You see, all theists have one glaring fault. By the very nature of their belief, every other religion must therefore be wrong !

[ToraToraTora]

Well siad mikey. Couldn't have put it better myself

[ToraToraTora]

though I think I would add after this:
"You see, all theists have one glaring fault. By the very nature of their belief, every other religion must therefore be wrong ! " - and yet that curious state of affairs does not seem to make them dwell on the oddity and perhaps even awaken the tiniest bit of rational thought.

[RATTER15]

Richard Dawkins tries to explain the problem. (What a great man!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brgaMfTGJ0Y

[sandyRoe]

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for him ^

[pixie373]

There is some proof to your OP on AB, in that any points or questions made by atheists are not answered by believers. They either ignore, circumnavigate or get defensive. If i was 100% sure about something, i would be quite happy to share it and explain how and why i had come to that conclusion. In this case, it seems they are just unable to.

[RATTER15]

and Chistopher is even better at it, especially the last couple of this clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQox1hQrABQ

[anotheoldgit]

Are the different religions any different from the different political parties in their mind set?

And let's not forget that atheism is also a type of religion.

[pixie373]

Of course it isn't, aog. It's a lack of religion.

[jomifl]

/pixie; // religion is the most illogical thing humans do//
What about ballroom dancing? /
Khandro, I'm surprised that you haven't realised tha ballroom dancing is a profoundly spiritual experince, like going to church but with sparkly clothes and you can win prizes too.

[ToraToraTora]

Athiesm by it's very definition means the absence of religion. How can it possobly be a type of religion? I think you've entered fantasy land with that one AOG! By that token teetotalers are a type of alcoholic!

[jomifl]

apologies for the clutch of typos above, I think my argument is clear though.

[jomifl]

AOG, you've been listening to believers again.
http://www.atheists.org/activism/resources/what-is-atheism