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<blockquote data-quote="CoderHead" data-source="post: 53704797" data-attributes="member: 247864"><p>But it is a belief. You take it on faith, don't you?</p><p> </p><p></p><p>Agreed.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>Debatable.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> People know the Earth is round (without faith or aircraft) because they can see the sun rising and setting in an arc from opposite sides of the horizon. They can see that the sun and moon are round with their own eyes, why would the Earth be any different? A statement like "the Earth is round" doesn't take any faith at all, and it can be proven with more than a book and some unverifiable personal experience.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> Like Christianity? Children don't understand the concept of a loving God killing his son in order to save people from a lake of fire because two people ate fruit. Yet they're expected to believe it anyway, and sometimes even guilted into doing so by statements of disapproval from authority figures when they question it.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> A process with which they could experiment and verify through trial and error, and one that is clearly man-made with a specific intent for communication. There's no faith involved.</p><p></p><p>Telling your child that the symbol "T" makes a "tuh" sound is not the same as telling your child that if they don't recite a prayer, symbolically die and be resurrected in water, symbolically eat the flesh of a deity and drink His blood then they'll burn in Hell forever. Really, truly not the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CoderHead, post: 53704797, member: 247864"] But it is a belief. You take it on faith, don't you? Agreed. Debatable. People know the Earth is round (without faith or aircraft) because they can see the sun rising and setting in an arc from opposite sides of the horizon. They can see that the sun and moon are round with their own eyes, why would the Earth be any different? A statement like "the Earth is round" doesn't take any faith at all, and it can be proven with more than a book and some unverifiable personal experience. Like Christianity? Children don't understand the concept of a loving God killing his son in order to save people from a lake of fire because two people ate fruit. Yet they're expected to believe it anyway, and sometimes even guilted into doing so by statements of disapproval from authority figures when they question it. A process with which they could experiment and verify through trial and error, and one that is clearly man-made with a specific intent for communication. There's no faith involved. Telling your child that the symbol "T" makes a "tuh" sound is not the same as telling your child that if they don't recite a prayer, symbolically die and be resurrected in water, symbolically eat the flesh of a deity and drink His blood then they'll burn in Hell forever. Really, truly not the same. [/QUOTE]
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