text: what do  you think of the following quote ? faith is a cop-out. it is intellectual bankruptcy. if the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits i think that dan barker's losing faith in faith is a worthwhile read. free thinking is something that terrifies most "believers". their cocoon is shredded by reason. thanks for putting this quote up. keep on thinkin!!  of course, ignorant, robotic believers will whip out all sort of biblical b.s. quotations and apply their "logic of the lord" to this reasonable thought. pathetic.