The Occasional Solipsist: How to Believe in God in Six Easy Steps

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How to Believe in God in Six Easy Steps
(by Sam Harris)

First, you must want to believe in God.
Next, understand that believing in God in the absence of evidence is especially noble.
Then, realize that the human ability to believe in God in the absence of evidence might itself constitute evidence for the existence of God.
Now consider any need for further evidence (both in yourself and in others) to be a form of temptation, spiritually unhealthy, or a corruption of the intellect.
Refer to steps 2-4 as acts of “faith.”
Return to 2.

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