RE: "I refuse to change my mind"
February 27, 2017 at 5:23 am
(This post was last modified: February 27, 2017 at 3:28 pm by Alex K.)
The problem is, usually one would ask the question "what *would* change your mind" and then judge based on that answer whether the person is close minded or not. The trouble is that this needs to be weighted with the plausibility and coherence of the proposition. For example, if someone asked me, what would change your mind about the existence of God, the first problem would be that I don't know which God you mean. For other God concepts it would be "nothing, because they are contradictory". The main problem though is that I would always find a more parsimonious explanation to fit any observation than "the almighty creator of the universe!". Only for people who have been exposed to this strange concept for a long time does it seem a plausible explanation. Such a person would call me closed minded for not jumpting to the God conclusion any time soon.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
