A family of Christian Science followers used to live around the corner from me. One of their beliefs is that medical interventions are unnecessary. Funny how quickly that belief flew out the window when they found their 5 year old floating face down in their swimming pool. The paramedics were able to resuscitate him, thank science. With luck the experience purged them of the Christian part.

They can always fall back on the tired excuse that it's all part of god's mysterious plan.

As far as I’ve noticed this mystery thing is usually used as a sort of “ad hoc argument”, that is, they come up with it after it becomes clear that they had lost the game, but they want to make a last attempt nevertheless. If he is so mysterious, how do they pretend to know anything about him in the first place?

Good point. Cognitive dissonance is the air they breathe, and it happens the moment reason yeilds to faith.

This is the danger in telling people there's a god who heals: eventually someone will believe you.

Please insert another 10% of your income for the next faith healing. 🫴💰

It is ridiculous how they believe all that religious rubbish without any evidence at all, but they are not willing to accept scientific facts, e. g. evolution, in spite of literally tons of evidence. This is probably because accepting facts requires some amount of reason and understanding.

Indeed. This is precisely what led me to the conclusion that cognitive dissonance is the air (most) theists breathe.

You are absolutely right. In the past, I had been studying sociology for quite some time, and there was this stupid class called “religious studies”, taught by some papist priest. He had so sh*tty arguments that I was on the verge of vomiting whenever I heard them. E. g. God MUST exist, because if he did not exist, people would lose the meaning of their life or sth like that. Now anyone possessing the slightest amount of logic will recognize this as a fallacious argument, since truth depends solely on proof and clear demonstration, and not on desires or hopes or wishes. Just how f**ked up one’s mind must be to not only believe, but actually teach such total nonsense? However, the said class had one salutary effect at least, namely it confirmed my opinion that all religions are based on stupidity, fear, superstition and ignorance. And to think that these mentally ill morons have the right to vote…that’s terrifying.

I'm 17 so I can't do much about it, but it sucks that 10% of all the money I make is going towards something I don't believe in. (something that also says I deserve eternal torture for being bi)

That is terrible