To believe in any one religion, one must do three things.
First, they must exercise an adequate degree of skepticism toward every other religion other than the one they wish to subscribe to. The level of skpeticism the "believer" must apply to every other brand of god and religion other than their own is, ironically enough, exactly the same level of skepticism an atheist applies to every religion. Only by doing so can the "believer" come to beleive they are right to reject all other brands of god and religion but their own special brand.
Second, the "believer" must then never ever apply to their own brand of religion the same degree of skepticism they are required to apply to disprove the claims of all of the other brands of religion, lest they discover that their own brand of religion is no more true than all of the other brands of religion that they have rejected as false. Hence, using their God given intelligence to see the fraud of other religions is a required virtue every "believer" must exercise, while using that same God given intellgience to see thir their own brand of religion is no different than those that have been rejected is a vice deserving of hell. How does the "believer" know then which brand to subscribe to? God picks for them.
And third, they must not only devote themselves to perpetually denying to themselves and everyone else that they are engaging in this double standard, but also feel like they are being attacked whenever anyone dares to point out that they so clearly are.
That everyone but the "believer" can see how the believer depends on doing these three things is what makes every believer no diffrent than a naked emperor who is convinced he is strutting around in his fabulous set of new clothes.
First, they must exercise an adequate degree of skepticism toward every other religion other than the one they wish to subscribe to. The level of skpeticism the "believer" must apply to every other brand of god and religion other than their own is, ironically enough, exactly the same level of skepticism an atheist applies to every religion. Only by doing so can the "believer" come to beleive they are right to reject all other brands of god and religion but their own special brand.
Second, the "believer" must then never ever apply to their own brand of religion the same degree of skepticism they are required to apply to disprove the claims of all of the other brands of religion, lest they discover that their own brand of religion is no more true than all of the other brands of religion that they have rejected as false. Hence, using their God given intelligence to see the fraud of other religions is a required virtue every "believer" must exercise, while using that same God given intellgience to see thir their own brand of religion is no different than those that have been rejected is a vice deserving of hell. How does the "believer" know then which brand to subscribe to? God picks for them.
And third, they must not only devote themselves to perpetually denying to themselves and everyone else that they are engaging in this double standard, but also feel like they are being attacked whenever anyone dares to point out that they so clearly are.
That everyone but the "believer" can see how the believer depends on doing these three things is what makes every believer no diffrent than a naked emperor who is convinced he is strutting around in his fabulous set of new clothes.
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