(June 30, 2014 at 6:50 am)Irrational Wrote: So you're saying not much (if any) cognitive dissonance going on in their minds.I'm saying I can't tell you heads or tails about what's going on in anyone else's mind, ultimately - but that it seems to me that a complete lack of dissonance (or a strategy for overcoming it) is in the realm of reason, yes.
Quote:this thread isn't about making absolute statements about Christian (if that's what you thought I was trying to make), rather about pondering potential dissonances that go on in the minds of Christians regarding hell and going with past experience and such, seeing as there have been several former Christians confessing to these cognitive dissonances.course not, course not. Just cautioning against the dangers - from the point of view of communicating ideas ...when we start to impeach beliefs, about beliefs. Explaining why I, personally, accept that statement of belief at face value until they deign to inform me of their change in opinion, themselves, if that ever happens.
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