(May 10, 2018 at 6:43 pm)Hammy Wrote:(May 10, 2018 at 6:41 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: No. I am saying that to believe something is the result of freely undertaken inquiries and freely accepting their conclusions. How many times have you rechecked some math instead of just trusting that you got the correct answer the first time? At some point you choose whether or not to accept that the results of your calculations are true, i.e. you freely chose to believe they are true.
That last step you keep adding is your mistake. Once the conclusion is comprehended rationally one is compelled to believe it... one does not then decide "Okay it seems rational let's believe it!".
when we are compelled by facts, that is knowledge, not belief. Belief gives us a hedge for the possibility that we may be wrong. No hedge is needed for 2 + 2 = 4t.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
