(August 29, 2012 at 3:27 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: He would not have any justification to believe in their existence.
What if Bob's religion also believed that there were giant invisible penguins that crapped stars?
How is he any more justified in believing in black holes than giant star crapping penguins?
I don't think it makes much sense to tell someone they should reject a true belief because the belief is unjustified.
Sure, he shouldn't believe that there are giant invisible penguins that crap stars--but that's because such a belief would be false.
Suppose that the overwhelming majority of evidence available to X indicates that some claim C is true--but that, in fact, C is false. Doesn't it seem contrary to reason to urge X to believe C?
“The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.”
