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Totally agree. I used to know a hardcore catholic and spend a lot of time around other hardcore catholics and I was amazed at how nearly anything could be back-

by Zarath 7y ago

Totally agree. I used to know a hardcore catholic and spend a lot of time around other hardcore catholics and I was amazed at how nearly anything could be back-rationalized and absorbed into the philosophical framework with ease. It's as if the framework itself is designed to neutralize counterarguments. And not because it is based in reality and there is evidence to back everything up, but rather because, as you mentioned, the logical framework is so self-consistent.

pazimzadeh 7y ago
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." - F. Scott Fitzgerald Agreed. As an atheist, I found that some of the smartest people around are religious.