Message #2688

[AndyHB]

I agree Boudi, and still it goes on. The Catholic church, the Evangelical churches etc, all pretend to know stuff they do not and cannot know. 

Part of it is insecurity.  People feel they have found something in their religion, something precious to them, and they fear that, if they admit to any part of the baloney being untrue, then they will lose what they have found. 

Shows how little u know about Catholicism, Evangelicalism, etc., Martin.  This is what faith is all about - be that religious or non-religious faith.  We all live by faith to some degree or other - as children, when we assume that our parent(s) will come and collect us from school; as adults, when we assume that our job will still be open for us when we go into work tomorrow; etc.  Largely, we have that faith because of what we have experienced in the past, or at least have seen what others have experienced in the past.  As a result, we can be pretty certain about how things will pan out.  That's not to say that we know anything for certain - and few Christians (of the types you have mentioned, or those you haven't mentioned) ever claim to have such a degree of certainty.