(January 7, 2016 at 5:37 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(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.
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.
You should absolutely want to know how knowledgable your doctor is!!! You should always be your own patient advocate, and not just trust any doctor simply because he has "MD" after his name! Especially if you feel you aren't getting proper care. This is called critical thinking. And yes, a doctor is not obligated to explain everything he knows to you, but he certainly is capable of it. He went to medical school and he has degrees to prove he has learned and demonstrated his knowledge to a particular standard.
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As far as the other stuff, human value and compassion and all that: again those are all very natural aspects of our species that do not necessarily require a scientific explanation to be experienced, but they can be explained scientifically if someone were to ask.
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