I go back and forth on this. Some days I feel like it is mature and enlightened to be respectful of others' religious beliefs ("I don't agree, but I respect your beliefs..."). Other days I really just want to attack: I want to debate and argue every stupid, ignorant thing people say; I want to...
The American Heritage Dictionary defines faith as "belief that does not rest on proof or logical evidence." Other dictionaries give similar definitions. So, faith is belief without evidence. To me, faith sounds foolish: a source of gullibility and ignorance. Yet, so many people in our...