Blinded to truth by faith

For example, when Islamic extremists commit atrocities, they don’t do so because they are “bad” people. It’s because they have blind faith in their religion, which they believe impels them to do things they would normally regard as crazy and illogical. The same could be said of Catholics who, during the Inquisition, burned women and children at the stake as witches.

I remember shortly before George W Bush invaded Iraq hearing an American woman saying on television, “I have faith that my president will do the right thing.” No logic there, no common sense, just blind faith.

My support for animal rights can be summed up in one sentence: I can’t think of any logical reason why, if an animal can suffer as much as a human, the animal doesn’t have the same right not to suffer. And the reason people respond by attacking me is because they can’t logically dispute that argument.

Eric Bahrt