[ExI] rational hypocrites

[William Flynn Wallace]

On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 4:30 PM, Ben Zaiboc <ben at zaiboc.net> wrote:

>
> On 05/08/2018 22:07, BillW wrote:
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> > Well, you have to believe something.  Really?
>
>
> Bill, I've had this argument many times, with various people.
>
> I think that because we often say 'I believe you' or 'I believe it will
> rain tomorrow', etc., some people say it's impossible to have no 'beliefs',
> but I distinguish between 'beliefs' and 'Beliefs', where the former has no
> particular force, and merely indicates an opinion, and the latter, Capital
> B version indicates an absolute Belief that withstands all evidence to the
> contrary. I don't have any Beliefs (or at least I don't believe I do).
>
> -- Ben Zaiboc
>
>
 "I believe that it's going to rain tomorrow" could express a belief based
on scientific
data.  "I believe in a personal god." does not.  I assume a Belief must be
based on hard science.  There seems to be more than two categories here,
based on different criteria for what is true.

bill w


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