tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540986615321663067.post3132170379801218407..comments2023-11-09T05:37:19.511-03:00Comments on A Thinker's Accord: Searching for Meaning: Analogy to Science and the Value of BeliefMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168699796128107374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540986615321663067.post-33403223595139767712008-03-28T17:09:00.000-04:002008-03-28T17:09:00.000-04:00Excellent point. And yes, belief is independent o...Excellent point. And yes, belief is independent of truth. (More on that later!) Thank you for clarifying my ambiguity. <BR/>I was attempting to make the point that belief cannot be shown as an intrinsically faulty method. Nor can it be proved or disproved to be sound. There are philosophical reasons for that, but as I mentioned before, I'll probably bore readers who are interested in deep-philosophical material with my intermediacy in the subject, and those who aren't interested I'll bore with the philosophy itself. So I leave it to the interested reader to read responsive philosophers on the matter.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12168699796128107374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540986615321663067.post-29557803803072174552008-03-27T21:59:00.000-04:002008-03-27T21:59:00.000-04:00In your post, you make the claim "that the method ...In your post, you make the claim "that the method of believing cannot be proved unsound intrinsically, because the assumptions made to make a claim that belief is automatically unsound contain either circular arguments or unfounded claims." The example argument you cite is, indeed, circular: "I don't think that beliefs are adequate proof, hence your beliefs aren't adequate proof, therefore there is no God."<BR/><BR/>However, as you have stated, our believing in God or not believing in God cannot change the reality or falsity of His existence. One might choose to believe, another to disbelieve. Belief, then, is independent of truth. The argument against belief as "adequate proof" might be more correctly rendered, "Belief is independent of truth, therefore belief alone is not enough to know the truth."Voiceafxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01372488348810372105noreply@blogger.com