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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Faith in gods existence is by definition is taking off your critical thinking hat.
If you are an intelligent person, and believe in god, at least a god in anything beyond the most basic, no matter what your reasons, you took off your critical thinking hat and said 'it is because it is'.
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It is only so if you define it as such, in which case, i would be interested in reading your strict definition.
It is possible to use critical thinking to come to conclusions unsupportable by objective evidence. Everyone does it all the time, including scientists- string theory is a good example.
One might use their critical thinking abilities to come to the conclusion that the humanity's ultimate potential will come to fruition through some sort of libertarian utopia. Another person might use their critical thinking abilities to come to the exact opposite conclusion. Neither conclusion is really all that testable, but that doesn't mean that critical thought must have been lacking in their formulation.