RE: Server Issues
March 30, 2011 at 4:35 am
(This post was last modified: March 30, 2011 at 4:45 am by theVOID.)
No it's not, cognitive dissonance is holding two contradictory ideas to be true simultaneously.
Rayaan's belief in Allah despite no epistemic justification is caused by biases.
I don't think it's possible to know you have a bias and honestly reach a conclusion based on it, so that's perfectly true. Your truly beleiving you don't have biases towards Islam says nothing about whether or not you do.
Your belief that the Quran being "perfect" (a subjective term to begin with) is evidence for Islam is one example of one cognitive bias.
Want the most hefty brain workout you will ever have? Present us with an epistemology that you believe is sound and valid and permits belief in Islam.
So you believe something more strongly? So what?
Okay, create a thread about your epistemology, we'll continue this there.
Rayaan's belief in Allah despite no epistemic justification is caused by biases.
(March 30, 2011 at 4:00 am)Rayaan Wrote:(March 30, 2011 at 2:50 am)theVOID Wrote: "I've realized that I have a cognitive bias towards Islam but want to get past it and become justified in my metaphysical beliefs?"
If I truly thought that I have a cognitive bias towards Islam, then I would've automatically become an atheist by now, and by myself, without even coming here.
I don't think it's possible to know you have a bias and honestly reach a conclusion based on it, so that's perfectly true. Your truly beleiving you don't have biases towards Islam says nothing about whether or not you do.
Your belief that the Quran being "perfect" (a subjective term to begin with) is evidence for Islam is one example of one cognitive bias.
Quote: So, that's not the reason why I came to an atheist forum. I just post here every now and then to exercise my brain during my leisure time and especially to make you folks understand what is Islam.
Want the most hefty brain workout you will ever have? Present us with an epistemology that you believe is sound and valid and permits belief in Islam.
Quote:And I believe that this is a good deed also (whether I'm successful at it or not). And surprisingly, I feel that my faith in Islam has only become stronger, not weaker, as a result of participating in the forum during the past few months.
So you believe something more strongly? So what?
Quote:And having said that, let's get back to the topic now before it starts derailing too much. SERVER ISSUES.
Okay, create a thread about your epistemology, we'll continue this there.
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