(August 19, 2013 at 2:48 am)whateverist Wrote:(August 19, 2013 at 2:42 am)FallentoReason Wrote: This isn't about preference though.
You may be right but I'm not so sure. Perhaps it is just a preference. I've never heard him argue that he has reasons which he believes should convince us to believe too, have you? On the personal level we have many beliefs which amount to pre-made preferences. These don't all have to be justified.
I agree that choices made out of preference are in a sense personal business and non-negotiable, but I'm sure that the majority of us place a lot of value on truth. Now, I'm sure that you would agree truth is independent of any one person's preferences, and I'm also sure that you would agree that not a single theist here follows their particular religion out of preference. Naturally it follows that more is at stake than just discussion about preferences.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
