01-28-2010, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by dreadgeek
Since this came up on another thread (the 2012 thread) I thought I'd start a new thread to talk about non-evidentiary beliefs. My questions are these:
1) Why hang onto beliefs for which there is no evidence?
2) Why is it considered *fair* for evidence-based beliefs to be held to a different standard than non-evidentiary beliefs?*
3) If one subscribes to a non-evidentiary belief is there ANYTHING that could dissuade one from believing it?
4) How does one tell the difference between 'good' non-evidentiary beliefs (say psychic powers) and malign ones (say racism or Pat Robertson's latest utterances).
*By non-evidentiary beliefs I mean things like psi-powers, fortune telling, God hates Haitians, etc. I do NOT mean things like "I love my children" or "My partner loves me".
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Aj
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1-4 because thinking is hard and humans like to feel comforted, like a giant adult-sized binky that tells you everything's gonna be alright: continue to hate who you hate, work in a job that doesn't pay you enough to live, do x, y, and z and if you're good, you get a big giant reward in the end! yay!
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