Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.)

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Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.)

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RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.)

May 9, 2015 at 4:37 am (This post was last modified: May 9, 2015 at 4:42 am by robvalue.)

My immediate response is that I don't actually strongly believe that anything or anyone is "real", even myself. I have no way of knowing if I am the only form of what appears to be sentience, or not.

I make pragmatic assumptions that things which seem real are real. But I do not even attempt to justify them further.

I do agree that if you continually doubt absolutely everything and never decide to believe anything you can't personally be certain of, you'll end up making things worse for yourself. It's about learning where confidence is reasonable, and where it isn't.

In contrast, believing everything leaves you wide open to all kinds of problems, not least of which is contradictory beliefs. A sensible medium is best.

A basic principle could be to apply scepticism in proportion to how extreme and unusual the claim is.

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Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Whateverist - May 9, 2015 at 12:17 am

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Thumpalumpacus - May 9, 2015 at 3:17 am

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by robvalue - May 9, 2015 at 4:37 am

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Whateverist - May 9, 2015 at 9:03 am

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Thumpalumpacus - May 9, 2015 at 11:31 am

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Angrboda - May 9, 2015 at 11:44 am

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Whateverist - May 9, 2015 at 12:03 pm

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Thumpalumpacus - May 9, 2015 at 12:20 pm

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by abaris - May 9, 2015 at 12:26 pm

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Thumpalumpacus - May 9, 2015 at 10:58 pm

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by robvalue - May 9, 2015 at 9:38 am

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by abaris - May 9, 2015 at 9:51 am

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Neo-Scholastic - May 9, 2015 at 10:24 am

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Whateverist - May 9, 2015 at 11:37 am

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Jenny A - May 9, 2015 at 11:28 pm

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Whateverist - May 9, 2015 at 12:29 pm

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by robvalue - May 9, 2015 at 10:41 pm

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Exian - May 10, 2015 at 12:31 am

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Pyrrho - May 10, 2015 at 1:53 pm

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by robvalue - May 10, 2015 at 2:01 pm

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Whateverist - May 10, 2015 at 4:40 pm

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Angrboda - May 10, 2015 at 4:54 pm

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Whateverist - May 10, 2015 at 5:21 pm

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by The Grand Nudger - May 10, 2015 at 5:28 pm

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Whateverist - May 10, 2015 at 7:44 pm

RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by The Grand Nudger - May 10, 2015 at 8:32 pm

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