I perceive a basic disagreement over whether it is OK to believe in something for which there is not any evidence. It might break down as "faith is bad" versus "faith is ok."
Holding no beliefs is a difficult thing to do. I have to discipline myself constantly in the cause of intellectual honesty and, well, sanity.
While it is not pleasant to imagine that every "decision" I've ever made might actually be the result of randomly interacting forces on a scale so large that I cannot readily and accurately perceive it, I am not going to discount that possibility. If I did that, I would be discounting it as something that could not possibly be worthy of investigation or thought. I would be jumping to a conclusion. I would not be logical or rational. I would be having faith.
Holding no beliefs is a difficult thing to do. I have to discipline myself constantly in the cause of intellectual honesty and, well, sanity.
While it is not pleasant to imagine that every "decision" I've ever made might actually be the result of randomly interacting forces on a scale so large that I cannot readily and accurately perceive it, I am not going to discount that possibility. If I did that, I would be discounting it as something that could not possibly be worthy of investigation or thought. I would be jumping to a conclusion. I would not be logical or rational. I would be having faith.
