Malc Posted December 22, 2020 Posted December 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, OGHoosier said: Within their rights? Yeah. My general philosophy is that people are within their rights to make whatever judgements they may on any given topic. Given that judgements are essentially opinions, the assertion that people might not have the right to hold certain opinions doesn't sit well with me. I do maintain a distinction between the right to do something and the goodness or badness of doing that thing. OK - I can't argue with you on people's rights to hold opinions - whether they agree with my opinions or not.
Teancum Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 On 12/19/2020 at 3:51 PM, pogi said: It’s exactly the same. Hope in uncertainty -> action -> good fruit. It works in every aspect of life. It is basically just pragmatism in action. As Joseph said, “it is the principle of action in all intelligent beings.” Whether the flood happened or not is irrelevant. As I said previously, the fact that false faith exists is not to say that all faith is false. I also think too many people confuse general belief with faith. Not the same. Pogi you are one of my favorite posters here. But on this one I think we will simply have to disagree. Merry Christmas!
Teancum Posted December 23, 2020 Posted December 23, 2020 On 12/19/2020 at 3:46 PM, JAHS said: There is a slight difference but it was not a fact that I would make it through all the schooling, I had to have faith that I could do it. Its not a fact that God exists and that there is an afterlife. I have to have faith that there is. If it makes me happy and full of Hope for the future I have nothing to lose. Well I guess many feel they have nothing to lose in believing all sorts of make believe things. As for nothing to lose that can be debated but I don't think a discussion on this will bear good fruit here.
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