"Faith as defined by the Bible requires the suspension of basic human thought-processes which are necessary for the functioning of a healthy mind.
For example, in order to be a candidate for becoming a Christian each person must accept that they are sinners. Why? The historical facts as recorded in the Bible state that some 6,000 years ago a person named Eve, who, after being made from Adam's rib while he slept, was spurred on by a talking snake to seduce Adam into the sin of eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. All objective, rational, critical thought must be suspended to believe this story. But, once this story is accepted (swallowed), the process of naive, exploitable, childlike faith and cognitive dissonance become the standard operating procedure."
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[Lee Salisbury was a Pentecostal bible school teacher and pastor during the years 1972-1986. He preached in various conferences and churches both in the US and abroad in Europe and Africa. i]
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