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KLHJ2 · 11-29-2012, 12:42 PM

I hear you guys on the traffic. I have to travel down 12 steps and through my living room to get where I am going. If my kids are standing in the way then I have to detour through the kitchen just to get to my laptop. It can add on an extra 3 seconds. Traffic in the DMV sucks!

What seriously grinds my gears lately is the definition that has been rubber stamped onto the word faith as “believing in something to which there is no evidence for” (my paraphrase). If there was no evidence then, people wouldn't believe. The evidence that does exist is often dismissed or overlooked because the powers that be determine that the evidence is not authoritative enough for them. I ask how much more authority do you need? Both sides make assumptions based on the facts, and build their theories based on those assumptions, but only one side can be correct. As it stands now neither side can provide the type of proof that would convince the other of which is right and which is wrong, but to have the audacity to tell a believer that they base their entire belief system on blind faith and zero evidence is ignorance in its fully developed state.

11-29-2012, 12:42 PM	#1257
KLHJ2 Inactive Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: DC Metro Area Age: 46 Posts: 5,829	Re: What REALLY grinds your gears? I hear you guys on the traffic. I have to travel down 12 steps and through my living room to get where I am going. If my kids are standing in the way then I have to detour through the kitchen just to get to my laptop. It can add on an extra 3 seconds. Traffic in the DMV sucks! What seriously grinds my gears lately is the definition that has been rubber stamped onto the word faith as “believing in something to which there is no evidence for” (my paraphrase). If there was no evidence then, people wouldn't believe. The evidence that does exist is often dismissed or overlooked because the powers that be determine that the evidence is not authoritative enough for them. I ask how much more authority do you need? Both sides make assumptions based on the facts, and build their theories based on those assumptions, but only one side can be correct. As it stands now neither side can provide the type of proof that would convince the other of which is right and which is wrong, but to have the audacity to tell a believer that they base their entire belief system on blind faith and zero evidence is ignorance in its fully developed state.