The word "faith" is very popular for the defenders of religion. When the religious are unable to defend their views against incoming criticism that is normally the route they take. They will say things like "it's just my faith", "it is a faith thing", "I'm taking a leap of faith", and so on. The definition of the word is: "Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence". Some dictionary's define it as a belief in a god, or having trust in other people. However the definition I am using is the best suited one for describing what religious people mean when they use the word.
Let me put it this way, which of these two people would be more likely to have unquestionable faith for religious ideas?
A)a guy that is very gullible
B)a guy that is very skeptical
The correct answer is "A", obviously. The point I am trying to make is gullibility is a positive attribute when it comes to having religious faith, the more gullible, the more easily a person will believe an idea is true without questioning it. So that would mean there is a positive correlation between being faithful and being gullible. I don't want to beat a dead horse here. But if faith and gullibility were people they would be best friends, they go together so well. What I don't understand is why faith is so widely viewed as being a good thing in America. Faith and gullibility should be universally viewed as going hand and hand and being negative. Saying you believe something is true because of faith is not a defense but an insult to yourself. You are either skeptical or gullible.
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