Kira PeikoffChristians rejected the need for proof to support belief in God, yet dismissed proof altogether when it was there.
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The two quotes below show that Christians have a tendency to accept the teachings of Christianity as true, but reject proof as being relevant to those teachings. In both cases, however, the people being quoted were rejecting something that is true. In the first case, the rejection of proof is interesting because it is a rejection of scientific proof. The second case shows a similar pattern of rejecting proof for a religious reason. Both quotes are from a Christian fundamentalist website.
Source: Living Proof
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