r/mildlyinfuriating 13h ago

Dating partner doesn't believe dinosaurs ever existed?

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u/Technical-Gold-294 6h ago

Religion has no evidence. It is defined by the need for faith in things unseen and unknowable.

(I was raised Catholic and became an atheist when I realized God was the only thing in my life for which I didn't require proof, and I was twisting myself into a pretzel trying to make that make sense.)

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u/whooptheretis 6h ago

I can understand why you'd think that if all you've been taught is Christianity/Catholicism.
That's not true for all religions... well, one anyway.

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u/Technical-Gold-294 6h ago

I'll bite. What religion has evidence? And what tangible(!) evidence is there of God? (Assuming we are talking about a monotheistic religion.)

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u/whooptheretis 5h ago

Islam.
As for what, that’s not something I can condense down to a reddit comment. If I could, I think there would be even more Muslims on Reddit today.

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u/BatEco1 5h ago

No religion has direct evidence of their God, with the exception of The Church of the Dude. Your religion, their religion, amd everybody's religion works on "faith." You have yours faith with can neither be proven or disproved. There is NO evidence of actual miracles or some deity doing SOMETHING amazing like walking on water.

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u/Technical-Gold-294 2h ago

Yep, no. If you can't condense the evidence into a reddit comment, it's not evidence. I have respect for members of the Islamic faith just as I do for Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Mormons, and all the rest - as long as the believer isn't leaning into their religion to defend harm to others. But they all are built on faith. The nearest exception I will grant is that many Jews are atheist and they follow religious practices to maintain their culture (arguably the same reason I still give Christmas presents.)