re faith and dogma reply to tgk cs toronto edu todd kelley in light of what happened in waco i need to get something of my chest faith and dogma are dangerous agreed a philosopher cannot be a christian because a philosopher can change his mind whereas a christian cannot due to the nature of faith and dogma present in any religion it is hard for me to understand but quite a few professional scientists and philosophers are theists sure religion has many good qualities it encourages benevolence and philanthropy but also intolerance and superstition i m not sure that in the balance it is not detrimental wouldn t it be nice if everyone were a secular humanist sure would david nye nyeda cnsvax uwec edu midelfort clinic eau claire wi this is patently absurd but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities bertrand russell
