Why Religious Proof Or Disproof Is Unimportant

[Zazzy]

But isn't that the very essence of 'reasonableness'? Isn't reason the practice of setting aside emotion and examining the facts to arrive at a conclusion unsullied by that very emotion?

It's something I have to think about more, since it is reasonable to have emotions, and hard to get away from them.Very strong feelings are hard to ignore, and we make decisions all the time based on them, and that's not always wrong. I think it's possible to make reasonable decisions for yourself based on both logic AND emotion, although maybe you can talk me out of that position.

I think a strong case can and ought be made to discern between what someone feels, as opposed to what they may actually believe. I can FEEL something is true, but I still may not BELIEVE it.

You'd have to give me an example, since the only ones I can think of now are from drug experiences- I FEEL that the trails in the air are real, because I can see them, but I know that they're a product of the shrooms. I think we tend to believe what we feel if the feeling lasts long enough (unlike the trails).

My definition of reason is very different from yours.

OK. As you have explained it, though, I don't think such a state of pure reason is possible in actual life for any extended period of time. Again, I'm open to reconsidering that position.