Dear Theism: A Pragmatic Letter to the Religious
By - Robert Poe
Rationale
I sat in the dimly lit dining room, pleasantly engaged in good company and
even better conversation. The topic was Islamic dogma and my friend was
Catholic.
“Yes, but it is their culture,” She pointed out.
“True, however, I have a problem with any religion that tries to force belief
down my throat,” I said with indignation.
She too disliked this ghastly crime committed by almost every faith and so
she replied, “I know, that is unbearable!”
I figured this was a sweet enough time as any, and attempted a final point,
“And, it is not as if you go around thinking you’re right and they’re all wrong,
do you?”
She paused for just a moment and then rather firmly stated, “No, I don’t
think I’m right, I am right.”
The statement looks simple and reasonable enough. In fact, why would she
commit herself to a belief if she didn’t believe it to be right? Yet, there is a
sickly truth here, masquerading as innocence. Let us delve into the depths of
this, shall I say, solipsism.
When she claims that she propitiates the one correct god, she is claiming
that billions of people before her and with her are wrong. Alright, well, let’s
not get all hot and bothered too quickly as this has been done before; for
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