(December 11, 2019 at 12:11 am)maxolla Wrote:(December 11, 2019 at 12:03 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: You’re conflating justified, reasonable belief with absolute certainty. I never said anything about being absolutely certain.
I guess I haven’t considered reasonable belief as a category apart from certainty. I think the point is that belief is chosen and not necessarily based on complete evidence.
I would argue the opposite is true. Belief is (or should be) borne of one’s confidence level in the truth of a proposition. If there is substantial evidence in support of a particular truth claim, then my confidence level in that truth claim will be high, and belief is generated. I cannot choose to believe in god any more than you can choose to believe in Santa Clause.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.