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Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay?
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RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay?
Any belief that is not supported by sufficient evidence is immoral.  Sincerity is simply a question of whether one really has a belief or not, and makes no difference for this.  For why I think that believing without sufficient evidence is immoral, you can read William Kingdon Clifford's essay "The Ethics of Belief" which can be found at:

http://ajburger.homestead.com/files/book.htm

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by Rhondazvous - September 27, 2015 at 1:12 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by Minimalist - September 27, 2015 at 1:14 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by robvalue - September 27, 2015 at 1:16 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by brewer - September 27, 2015 at 1:21 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by vorlon13 - September 27, 2015 at 1:24 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by robvalue - September 27, 2015 at 1:28 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by Rhondazvous - September 27, 2015 at 6:15 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by Pyrrho - September 27, 2015 at 1:31 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by abaris - September 27, 2015 at 1:31 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by Pyrrho - September 27, 2015 at 2:13 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by Rhondazvous - September 27, 2015 at 6:57 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by Rhondazvous - September 27, 2015 at 6:29 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by abaris - September 27, 2015 at 6:32 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by vorlon13 - September 27, 2015 at 1:36 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by Aroura - September 27, 2015 at 6:28 pm
RE: Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 27, 2015 at 10:22 pm

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