• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Sounds like the idea of “belief” is just being accepted as a religious or spiritual idea. Beliefs are the cornerstone because it’s a tool we use every single day.

    At the center of how we think is the fundamental idea of The Way Things Work and that comes down to how we believe the physical things around us will act and react. Just about everyone will start making a choice by comparing what we know to be real or true for ourselves and the things around us.

    That cornerstone of belief is what we use to define “real and true”. Ghosts or spirits are absolutely real and true for some people while others don’t see the same evidence.

    Beliefs get the special treatment because we are a collection of our experiences and each one of us has a different way of understanding how things work.

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      17 hours ago

      Like we believe in colors but there aren’t. It’s just the way light bends, reflects.

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      2 days ago

      Ahhh. Yes, they are thinking religion. I didn’t think they’d lunge that way. I mean, with all the politics and gender stuff around these days, I figured the term would bee seen as broader. A wider range of options.

      That said. Meh. Your thesis sums to “beliefs are important because beliefs are important”.

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        1 day ago

        Knowledge is built on justified, true beliefs. I know and believe the sun will rise tomorrow. You can believe shit on faith, or lack of evidence, but I’d disagree if someone claims to “know” gods or ghosts exist and ask for their evidence.

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          17 hours ago

          I know and believe the sun will rise tomorrow.

          No we don’t. Some unforeseen cosmic cataclysm could happen as I type this and obliterate our yellow star. I don’t believe it will, and have faith it won’t.

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            13 hours ago

            Speak for yourself, please. I am willing to change my beliefs with new information. Unless you have evidence of an asteroid heading toward our planet or whatever, I’ll stick with what I do know.

            Again, faith means belief without evidence. You have every indication the sun will be fine, the earth will be fine, etc.