• Sludgeyy@lemmy.world
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      Ignorance is the lack of knowledge or information.

      What OP was referring to would be delusion.

      They have knowledge and information but choose to believe something else.

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      “Belief without proof” is the literal definition of faith, but it goes hand in hand with ignorance.

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        “Belief without proof” is what we are all forced to do in life where proof is rarely available, and yet we must still make decisions, and we must manage our doubt and the strain of responsibility. If you think you’re immune, you don’t understand the first thing about your own mind.

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        I chose not to recognize the biggotted subtext and instead to steelman the statement into something spiritually and factually meaningful.

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          It’s not bigoted to say religious people have no proof. Belief without proof is the definition of faith.

          It’s also not bigoted to say religion has a high kill count. Religion has been a major factor in wars and straight up murders since the beginning…