RE: Choosing to believe
March 5, 2014 at 5:18 pm
(This post was last modified: March 5, 2014 at 5:19 pm by eyemixer.)
(March 5, 2014 at 5:13 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: I have a 90 minute drive to work on a Wednesday. I try to vary my audio book / podcast listening pleasure. Hence this morning was the rather entertaining "across the pond", a current affairs Christian podcast, and this evening was "the God delusion".
On of prof Dawkins statements, under Pascals Wager, was that one can't simply decide to believe in something. I wonder if that's true.
What say you?
If none of my options have any more of a reasonable expectation of truth than any other, I can choose to believe any of them. If you mean have a belief in something that does not meet my criteria of having reasonable chance of being correct, I cannot.
NOT logic:
1. Claim to have logic
2. Throw a tantrum when asked to present it
3. Claim you've already presented it
4. Repeat step 1
*Rampant.A.I.'s quote
1. Claim to have logic
2. Throw a tantrum when asked to present it
3. Claim you've already presented it
4. Repeat step 1
*Rampant.A.I.'s quote
