Can a standard for intellectual honesty be applied to religious belief systems when concepts of logic and reason are sometimes given a secondary role or no role at all in making claims about religious beliefs?
Can a standard for intellectual honesty be applied to religious belief systems when concepts of logic and reason are sometimes given a secondary role or no role at all in making claims about religious beliefs?
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Bryan Cridlebaugh on March 16, 2008, 8:19 PM
Honesty CAN be applied to everything we do. Can a standard be? Who’s gonna listen today?
Edward C on March 16, 2008, 8:20 PM
Look Mr. If my God says a monkey climbed up a mountain and sacrificed a goat then you better believe the literal translation as “historical fact” or Else!
Steve Rey on March 16, 2008, 8:56 PM
-lol. Thats right I darn sure better just take your word for it. -thanks for commenting Nameless
-yeah we can apply to anything, but what I was grasping at was can there Really be any standard of honesty when it comes to religious belief when Logic and Reason are not always utillized? I’m a newbie so I’m getting use to this whole ideas section.
-thaks for stopping by Bryan.
dennis ilic on March 17, 2008, 11:26 AM
I don’t know. I always think of Santa Claus in these type of questons. Is it right to let kids believe in Santa Claus? Would you apply a standard for intellectual honesty to Santa Claus? Does it serve a purpose? Does it cause harm? Is it okay to deceive people into being happy?
Jesse Akers on March 20, 2008, 12:25 PM
who creates this “standard” i think people are confused in their ideas of standards
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