Well, it is one's prerogative to believe in something that doesn't exist. Using sex as analogy is actually quite absurd because sex is a biological fact (& act!) - a primary means to achieving the end of propagating life. It can be observed, it can be defined in very definite terms, it can be experienced. Faith, on the other hand, is like believing in something that one can never observe or define in concrete terms or experience it in concrete terms such that it can be repeated again. One can choose to be driven by the dogma their parents (or soceity) instilled in them - but that doesn't necessarily become a voice of reason or action. No wonder, people of faith drop their faith when their child is sick and don't pray so that magically their child will heal. Instead of faith & God, just substitute the word with "Luck" and believe me everything you say will still make sense to you.
On Jan 23, 2010 Rational wrote:
Well, it is one's prerogative to believe in something that doesn't exist. Using sex as analogy is actually quite absurd because sex is a biological fact (& act!) - a primary means to achieving the end of propagating life. It can be observed, it can be defined in very definite terms, it can be experienced. Faith, on the other hand, is like believing in something that one can never observe or define in concrete terms or experience it in concrete terms such that it can be repeated again. One can choose to be driven by the dogma their parents (or soceity) instilled in them - but that doesn't necessarily become a voice of reason or action. No wonder, people of faith drop their faith when their child is sick and don't pray so that magically their child will heal. Instead of faith & God, just substitute the word with "Luck" and believe me everything you say will still make sense to you.