3 Questions For Believers (A work in progress.)

[Angrboda]

1. Does it matter to you whether or not your beliefs are true?

I'm comfortable with the fact that what I or anyone else believes is only superficially influenced by whether or not it is true. As such, I try not to lust after the unobtainable of having my beliefs be certifiably true, and instead concentrate on what is useful and what is virtuous.

2. Do you agree that truth is determined by evidence and observation of facts, and not through any other means?

I think this is a rather loaded question, and most theists would agree. Observation and science aren't the only roads to Rome, and there are many different kinds of information and experience which we must rely upon to guide us on our way through life. Evidence comes in many assorted shapes, colors, and sizes; it's not all science and rationality. Myself in particular am primarily intuitive, and consider the idea that we are 'rational' beings to be so much pseudoscience. Thus, attempting to order our lives in accordance with 'reason' would be another pursuit of the unobtainable.

3. Do you understand that there is no evidence to support the claim that your beliefs are true?

I think you're presupposing the form that 'evidence' must take to be useful or worthwhile. Does it bother me that none of the forms of evidence which you value attest to my belief? No it does not. I follow the stars in my sky; that they are not a part of your horizon is no skin off my nose.