From: David Lucifer (david@lucifer.com)
Date: Fri Nov 28 2003 - 09:44:41 MST
[simul] I would argue that everything we claim to "know" is a matter of faith, absent referents (kant).
[Lucifer] This may be true for certain broad definitions of "faith", but you should realize that most of us here have a narrower definition of faith that implies that the level of belief in a proposition (the truth value assigned, or confidence, probability or plausability level) is not supported by the evidence available.
[simul] Note from Erik's mom:
"If people like religion and it makes them feel better and it doesn't hurt anybody, what the fuck, let them be self-deluded."
[Lucifer] I would have to agree that if all three conditions are met, then let them be self-deluded. The real question is whether self-delusion leads (probabilistically) to anyone getting hurt.
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