(May 22, 2015 at 1:12 pm)Freedom4me Wrote: I agree with you that some people are clever enough to rationalize (rather persuasively) their position on something even when they know they are actually wrong.
No, that isn't what I said. People rationalize their beliefs and actually believe them, they don't know they are wrong, it would be impossible and contradictory to believe something and to also know that that belief is wrong.
Quote:People are biased when confronted with a issue that involves one's self-interest. But this bias works both ways. The notion that the default position is or ought to be atheism is an assertion. I could be wrong but I don't see any way to re-phrase that assertion that makes it any more than just an assertion.Do you believe in bigfoot? No? Well that's just an assertion.
Do you believe in the lockness monster? No? Well that's just an assertion
Do you believe that all the world leaders are lizard people? No, well that's just an assertion.
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
