Quote Originally Posted by Matin View Post
ok, i grant you, faith to those who don't share it is illogical by it's nature, and as a mechanic and child of medical professionals (scientists and left-brainers) i am much more comfortable dealing with matters i can measure and quantify.
And it doesn't help when idiots of any stripe try to say that faith is believing in something without any evidence. I cannot believe in something without evidence, yet what I accept as evidence may not be acceptable to others.

Let us take something almost everyone believes in and most people do it without evidence, atoms. How many people have seen an atom, or really know what to look for to prove they exist? Yet these same people who try to call me stupid for believing in a God because I have had evidence of his existence that makes his existence the least objectionable alternative blindly believe in atoms simply because they were taught that they exist.

This is why I always chuckle when an atiest procalims himself smarter or more skeptical than I am. I accept that some people score higher on IQ tests than I, but as a member of Mensa I also know that the smartest people usually end up driving trucks. (At least the 3 smartest people I ever met do so.)

Most people consider themselves skeptics because they are willing to challenge a couple of things they think are big issues. Skeptics never believe anything, and sometimes we don't even trust ourselves.