Why would you believe anything if you were going to believe you were wrong?
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surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 13 hours agoThe problem with believing in gods is that you think you are right. That makes other people wrong. And so it begins…
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
And that’s why you shouldn’t.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
believing you are right is requisite to belief. acknowledgement that you might be wrong, in the existence of doubt, that’s maturity but it does not preclude the belief that you are right.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I think you’ve just talked yourself into a circle. You can’t both believe something and doubt it. Doubt is the opposite of belief.
What you’re talking about is possibly belief in belief. That’s the belief that you should believe, or belief that you do believe. That is not the same as actual belief.
ptu@sopuli.xyz 8 hours ago
That is one way to see it, but it’s also possible to have a more pluralistic view. Like in India which has a long tradition of many religions co-existing with respect.
DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 7 hours ago
Boy, you should really look into how they’re handing their Muslim population. Though, yes, much like the Israel situation, the Brits really fucked that region up.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
You can respect someone and still think they’re wrong. Just like I respect you right now.
But if you truly believe in your religion, then you must believe that other religions aren’t right.
harmbugler@piefed.social 3 hours ago
Not necessarily. If I wear rose-tinted glasses while yours are tinted green, I may still believe that the worlds we see are lit by the same light.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
If you believe that, then you believe you do not actually know the truth. But only an interpretation of what might be true.