Why Is "Faith" A Good Thing?

[ruggerson]

The rightwingers, especially Limbaugh and other radio jocks, have long lambasted the Democrats and liberals for basing policy on "emotion," instead of calm, factual reasoning.

Well, what's more emotional than clinging to a "faith" in a supreme being, without one shred of factual evidence or scientific reason?

According to Limbaugh's own criteria, shouldn't we basically discount everything the religious right does or says, since their entire movement is based on illogical, magical, unprovable superstition?

[The Straight Story]

1. The question becomes - what is 'faith' - is it a philosophy?

is it faith in democrats, et al?

Faith, belief, ideology all seem to have some common threads - a framework from which person X judges thing. But person Y may use a different one. We find this in science as well as in politics and religion.

One man's faith is another man's fodder.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. interesting that Limpaw and others say

that liberals base policy on emotion rather than reasoning. What sort of reasoning went into the policies of this administration?

[catbert836]

3. You arent knocking on religion, now.

Because religion is a good thing. I respect atheists opinions, but not of those ones who want to outlaw religion.
BTW: I agree that Limbaugh is a hypocrite, like usual.