Comments | perspectivism: The REAL story of Christmas...

perspectivism

The REAL story of Christmas...

Dec 25, 2007 17:52

I love the holidays this year.

AND, as Dec 25th rolls to an end, let's take just a moment to make logical sense of the Christians' culturally prevailing story.

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There is no pure logic in faith, and I find it also difficult to find faith in logic.... logicaltrader December 27 2007, 03:09:08 UTC

Our ability to intellectualize stories (true, false, allegorical) and to consider dogma the same as simple faith never ceases to amaze me ( ... )

Re: There is no pure logic in faith, and I find it also difficult to find faith in logic.... logicaltrader December 27 2007, 03:11:18 UTC

Please, everyone, GROW UP. You do not have to pray at a football ceremony. You do not have to face east before morning and evening prayer if you do not want to. Do what is right by your beliefs, and leave everyone else alone. You do, as a legal right, have the ability to leave home, in many states, at 17, and in some at 18, if you feel that you are being wronged by your parents over religious or other issues. My dad bailed out on my grandfather at 14 because he wanted to start a business and headed to Florida from Tennessee. He did, but World War II broke out, and he dropped that to volunteer in the Navy ( ... )

:) perspectivism December 27 2007, 05:12:31 UTC

I get that you're saying a lot here...and sometimes I hate it when people ask me just one concrete question when I have a lot to say...but:

Is one thing you're saying that for some reason you personally believe in the resurrection of JC (after crucification) but not in Mary's godly (virgin) insemination?

radtea December 27 2007, 21:00:03 UTC

The best thing about this is it's the first time I've seen someone explicitly referencing the Bayesian plausibility of God who is not me. I'm sure there have been other cases, many predating my own, but this is the first one I recall seeing. It is inevitable that as Bayesian thinking percolates through the world more and more people will realize that:

1) "God exists" is an ordinary proposition

2) It has a very low plausibility without an insanely biased prior

3) The name of that insanely biased prior is "faith".

All it takes is a simple act of epistemological error to believe.

perspectivism January 8 2008, 07:30:09 UTC

I completely agree!

perspectivism January 8 2008, 07:30:29 UTC

...and particularly well said!