Religulous Movie
Out of context: Reply #32
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If you any of you became convinced that you had stumbled onto something that would greatly benefit the entire world, not just yourselves, then I think you might feel compelled to share it.
It's asinine to compare the sharing of one's faith with murder or insanity. Regardless of whether I am a Christian, a Jew, a Hindu or a Muslim, if I share my faith in a way that is action first, talk second; if it is creating relationships and building trust so that people who get to know me feel that I am sharing vital information with them, rather than noxious propaganda—then I am doing no harm.
My point above was that people often dismiss ideas out of hand that don't make perfect sense to them. But since when does everything need to make sense to me in order for it to be true? We are so enamored with ourselves that we can't see the absurd vanity of each person being the creator of their own absolute truth. The ultimate irony in such a world/self-view is that you have creatures worshiping that which they believe to have created, all the while ignoring the original Creator. This is intellectually dishonest because I have yet to meet an atheist who believes they created themselves.
Because faith ultimately is outside of the realm of reason, it cannot be proven that a person's faith in something intangible is insane using logical constructs. We do know however that there are substantial parts of the human mind that operate entirely outside the bounds of logic (i.e., intuition, where belief and certain kinds of perception are also situated). So, disbelieve if you will; but none of you can declare beyond a reasonable doubt that faith is insane simply because you don't possess it. That, my friends, would be childish and unintelligent.