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Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do?
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RE: Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do?
March 21, 2016 at 2:11 pm
(March 21, 2016 at 12:01 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: ...doesn't one's justified lack of belief, in and of its self, imply that anyone who does hold that belief is being unreasonable?  I mean, are we not saying that loud enough?

That is not the take of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens, to name three. Their standard is that people are obligated not to believe things for which they have not yet justified with supporting evidence. That notion implies that there was a time in each person’s life when they believed nothing at all. It holds people culpable for untrue beliefs they haven’t yet pondered and even irrational for holding true beliefs if they are insufficiently or wrongfully supported.
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RE: Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do? - by abaris - March 18, 2016 at 4:26 pm
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RE: Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do? - by Gawdzilla - March 18, 2016 at 6:11 pm
RE: Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do? - by ignoramus - March 18, 2016 at 6:28 pm
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Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do? - by LadyForCamus - March 20, 2016 at 9:48 am
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Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do? - by LadyForCamus - March 20, 2016 at 11:22 am
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Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do? - by LadyForCamus - March 20, 2016 at 12:08 pm
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Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do? - by LadyForCamus - March 20, 2016 at 12:09 pm
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Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do? - by LadyForCamus - March 20, 2016 at 8:08 pm
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Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do? - by LadyForCamus - March 22, 2016 at 8:58 pm
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Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do? - by LadyForCamus - March 23, 2016 at 10:28 am
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Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do? - by LadyForCamus - March 23, 2016 at 10:33 am
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Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do? - by LadyForCamus - March 23, 2016 at 11:26 am
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Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do? - by LadyForCamus - March 24, 2016 at 8:24 pm
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Is Lack of Belief the Best You Can Do? - by LadyForCamus - March 24, 2016 at 8:56 pm
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