(August 26, 2010 at 5:03 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote:Quote:My point is that people aren't likely to listen to them if they just voice their opinions.
Phew. Are you sure? Not quite my experience at all. I think that so often people go with a majority opinion as if that is testimony to the truth of the opinion, without having even evaluated it themselves. I know so many people who act as if the truth can be voted on. They think for themselves too of course, but when unsure many people just commit to something, they don't suspend judgement.
I think that often a minority with strong reasoning can win over an irrational majority.... but it can also often go the other way and the sheep eat the shepherds.
You're probably right, but moral nihilists probably don't hold majority views generally, and they're certainly not likely to persuade anyone of their views who doesn't agree.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
