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You're precisely the kind of person religion preys upon. You're now using it as a crutch because you can't stand on your own two feet.
Well, let's talk about that.
Throughout human history, the majority of mankind has communed with God through prayer, prophets, worship, etc.
A study recently came out concluding that man has a genetic disposition toward belief.
If this is true, then we can state that a fully healthy human being, mentally, and emotionally, is a believer, a man of faith.
That if you are not, then you are aberrant.
Therefore, those who choose to not believe, would in effect be negating something that would complete their human-ness.
It is no wonder, to me, that many of the atheists here attack believers personally, demonstrating a vitriolic temperament, because non-belief will cause a person to be symptomatic.
Who really has the crutch?
Who is it that has a synthetic belief system, designed to approximate belief in God?
Who is it that proselytizes vehemently, with great passion and fury, against the original, authentic foundations?
I say that I walk on two human legs.
I don't hobble and limp around on artificial legs, spitting and cursing at those who have the faith to be fully human.
HG wells said that he was not a believer, but as an historian, he could not deny that Jesus Christ was the center of history.
Men of faith always have been the greatest, most famous, most inspiring souls that ever lived.
They have inspired billions by the example set by their faith in their lives.
If you live in a country where there is freedom of religion, it is likely you cannot turn a corner without seeing a cross, house of worship, or some other emblem of faith.
Man honors faith.
Man reveres great faith.
It takes ballz to live by faith, and not by sight.
Faith is what has inspired billions.
God is everywhere, and you would have to be blind, and somehow dysfunctional, not to see His greatness, not to perceive what He values and glorifies in man-- which is faith in Him.
I say that I walk as a man should.
We are not code.
We are not vulcans.
We are human, and God speaks to our humanity, being made in the image of Him.
If anything, many have abandoned the very thing that can complete them, and heal them, as humans, as people.
They take up the crutches.
No wonder they froth at and gnash their teeth at men and women of faith, because we walk with our heads held high, with boldness that inspires others to better themselves, and love their neighbors.
We gorge on a natural, fat steak, while the atheist eats his tofu, and wonders why he is impoverished, fatigued, and perishing.
Don't talk to me, pal, about crutches.