(February 17, 2020 at 9:54 am)Agnostico Wrote: Belief comes from feelings and emotions
Knowledge comes from facts and truths
No.
Contemporary philosophers of mind and cognitive scientists, define belief as, the psychological state in which one is convinced that a premise or proposition is true.
One can be convinced for good reasons (evidence, reasoned argument, valid and sound logic), or they can be convinced for bad reasons (feelings, fallacious reasoning, flawed evidence).
Knowledge is a subset of belief.
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You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
