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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (246403)	8/17/2005 5:35:39 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572507

Ted, For me, faith is the opiate of the masses. The funny thing is that the one who originally coined the phrase "Religion is the opiate of the masses" eventually became the father of a doctrine that turned into the "replacement drug." But I intentionally said faith, not religion. Humans are sociable creatures and need to interact with other humans. Religion fills that role for some. Faith is something different. Its the abdication of thinking. Its what too many people are doing.......not thinking. Instead, believing in things that someone else tells them to believe. Thinking is hard; replacing thinking with faith makes life easier. Hence, faith has become the opiate of the masses. In any case, blind faith never stands on its own. Faith needs to be tested, challenged, forged in the fire like metal. Otherwise, faith becomes cheap and worthless. You're referring to the twisted kind of "faith" that is all too often used by humans to control other humans. Real faith goes far beyond that. Explain to me how faith can be tested when no one can prove or disprove the thing that is the object of the faith. ted