John Loftus posted a link to an interview with Dr Peter Boghossan. Dr Boghossan emphatically claims that his goal is to make people "loose their faith". He says he translates "faith" to mean "pretending to believe something that you don't know". He considers religion to be a pathological disorder. He believes that believers are smug and not humble. He thinks that "theology" is just making stuff up. I found it amazing that he was using the same tactics to try to break people's Faith that many Christians use in trying to help others find it. I think it's important to hear such things so we know how people think....or in this case refuse to think. Dr Boghossan's answer to Christian challenges to his definition of "faith" is that we are redefining what faith is. I disagree. How can he accuse that there has been a redefinition of faith if we are using the same definition of faith that the Bible uses? He can't. He is the one re-defining "Faith". I also find it amazing that he will not debate David Marshall. I think one of the problem is that the truth is that no one can argue you into or out of faith. True faith, as defined in the Bible, is a gift of God. You can't buy it. We all reject it as a default, and it takes the power of God to not just accept it but to maintain it.
Follow the link to listen to the interview. It's NSFW due to the profanity being used during the conversation.
Debunking Christianity: Dr. Peter Boghossian on "How to Talk Others Out of Their Faith"
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