Re: Curious enough to know?

In article <47lld5Fgah7bU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Nicknoxx wrote:
Phil Launchbury wrote:
In article <47l448Ffkrs1U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Nicknoxx wrote:

Phil Launchbury wrote:
snip

A lot of people who hold religious beliefs do so "because the priest says
so" rather than because they have gone through a process of study and
learning.

This is probably because anybody who makes such a study will come to the
conclusion that religious beliefs are untenable in a fact based society.

Rubbish.

Look I know I shouldn't, but IMO anybody who can believe in something
despite a COMPLETE absence of real world evidence is a fool.

In general I would agree with that - but I would disagree that there was
a 'complete absence of real world evidence'.

Phil

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