Believers and Reality

In a recent post, I received a comment from a follower of my page who went under the name of "Holy Potato" (great name!). This question really got me thinking. I started to reply and realized that I want to make this reply public. So here it goes....

Holy Potato: "Have you ever seen a believer not willing to circumvent reality in one way or the other?"

Me:  Believers like to talk their ways around facts. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I used to be a christian. At the time of being a christian, I chose to hang around christian friends. I felt that being around other christians, would help me feel stronger about the religion because I was on the fence about it. My best friend at the time was my neighbor. His dad was the pastor at the church that I went to. Many times I have told the Pastor that I was on the fence about my faith. I would bring questions to him. At the time, I thought that his answers were true. Now, with a logical mindset, I realized that his answers do nothing but raise more questions. You will notice that religious belivers are very good with words. They choose words that work their way around your questions. The number one form of "answers" that they like to use, is Socratic questioning. When you ask a question, they will ask you a question.

You Ask: "What evidence of a god do you have?"
They Answer "What evidence do you have that there is no god?"

They will ask questions that will make you answer your own question in their favor.

So back to the main point. Religious people will completely ignore the facts of life, or they will acknowledge them, but work their way around them. You will see religious people make things up as they go. They will give you reasons that things happen, that are not stated in the bible