If someone is claiming God is on their side, then absolutely they should not be trusted.
A good example was Huckabee’s message to Trump where he says he shouldn’t listen to humble old Huckabee, but he should listen to God, who, coincidentally, is saying exactly the same thing as Huckabee.
If you have your faith but make no assertions about it’s validity over other opinions nor that it confers divine authority to the words or deeds of any person, cool, I respect that faith. I’m inclined to have some faith myself, but I’m not about to claim any of it is more than my personal wild guesses and hope.
However organized religion is generally exploitable and bad people take advantage…
If you distrust someone because of their religious beliefs, you’re probably a bad person.
Then again, I don’t trust Christians. Hypocrisy at its finest.
Wait… why? Why is it bad to distrust someone who believes in an invisible friend who grants wishes well into their 30s?
Oh my god you people are real.
Y’all believe in the stock market don’t you?
You need to tweak your bot. It’s replying to the wrong thread with unrelated nonsense.
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You don’t? Man. How the fuck does money work?
That’s why a friend of mine is a 37 y/o virgin. 3 more years and he can cut out the middle man.
You can trust someone without expecting pure rationality from them
If someone is claiming God is on their side, then absolutely they should not be trusted.
A good example was Huckabee’s message to Trump where he says he shouldn’t listen to humble old Huckabee, but he should listen to God, who, coincidentally, is saying exactly the same thing as Huckabee.
If you have your faith but make no assertions about it’s validity over other opinions nor that it confers divine authority to the words or deeds of any person, cool, I respect that faith. I’m inclined to have some faith myself, but I’m not about to claim any of it is more than my personal wild guesses and hope.
However organized religion is generally exploitable and bad people take advantage…