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WCDT: 2465-2469 (10-14 June, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Shjade:
You haven't chosen to not have evidence - that's a question of analysis, observation, etc.
You've chosen to not believe in the absence of evidence.
Pilchard123:
I may have to change my vote to a hand-cranked runcible gun.
Method of Madness:
The absence of evidence is why I don't believe, but it is also why I cannot believe. That is why I reject the notion that I've made a choice.
Zebediah:
All sorts of unanswerable questions here about why we believe what we believe (religious or otherwise). For example, I have a strong belief in the inherent equality of all people, regardless of race/gender/ethnicity/orientation/whatever. There are plenty of perfectly rational arguments to support such a belief, and plenty of empirical evidence as well. But - and this is a big but - that's not why I believe that. I don't recall choosing to believe that everyone is equal, it just seems to be part of my makeup. It's not a rational or conscious choice, it's just a feeling I get whenever I witness any kind of injustice or prejudice that such things are wrong. So was I born with some predisposition to believe this, or is it a result of the environment I grew up in, or a combination of the two? I can't say. In the end, it doesn't matter - I believe what I believe, and the philosophers can argue all they want about why.
And let's not even get into my religious beliefs and why I believe what I believe on that question. That's an argument for another thread.
Shjade:
Fair enough.
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