(January 7, 2016 at 4:22 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:That is not true for various things. When I go to the Doctor, I don't need to know how rigorous the system is, or how knowledgeable that doctor is, I can trust their opinion for other reason, and he can claim to know certain things. If you want certainty, that's another issue.(January 5, 2016 at 4:30 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Yes. If you claim to have knowledge about a particular subject matter, you should be able to demonstrate that knowledge convincingly to other people, ESPECIALLY if you are trying to persuade others into believing you actually have it.
Aside from that belief compassion is good or there is human value or what not, is not something I have to prove to anyone to remind them of it. If you are going to teach your kid for example that they can't claim to believe in human value if they don't prove it, then that's rather sad. Or if you make a write an essay to prove they value your motherhood and why, and what not....that's rather sad as well.
A lot of knowledge is to live it, to experience in it first hand. You can then remind people of things you believe they ought to know from what they experienced by believing hey we are humans, I've experienced this, etc.
Now this doesn't mean God is off the hook that She doesn't have proven but you haven't shown She is on the hook that She must be proven either.
