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Originally Posted by Geshtinnanna 
I don't think so. I think he was giving his opinion. and oddly it seems accurate. Those opinions OG gave came across like a whole bunch of people picked on him as a kid.
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That's interesting. Could you elaborate? My definitions seem to be in step with many given by liberal religious folks, mythologists like joseph campbell, and atheist popular authors (scientists and journalists) such as Dawkins and Hitchens and skeptics like Carl Sagan (see "Demon Haunted World" - Science as a Candle in the Dark, by Sagan).
I thought they were empowering and that my comments addressed an often misunderstood stance. I think that "faith as a virtue" is a bizarre and problematic concept, but one that many people take as true. And this was the essence of what I was talking about.
Do we just label all people who feel this way about faith/belief as tormented kids because they're not in step with the fickle and manipulable mindset of the populous?