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Quote by: Cephus  Since religious belief is not rational to begin with, using a blatantly irrational, illogical and often just plain silly religious claim to back up a political or philosophical position seems a bit daft. If your only support is "my invisible friend said so" then your position is pretty much irrelevant. |
'Belief' is not rational and arguments are generally about putting things in rational terms, but there is sound reasoning in religious texts. I can accept some quotations as authentic. Like, "let he who has never sinned cast the first stone," and things like that, since they give practical advice.
But "because God said so" responses are not acceptable, and it is unclear why a person with that attitude is in an argument to begin with.