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Post by general313 on Dec 14, 2017 16:15:16 GMT
For a detective to pretend that this rises to the level of reliable eyewitness testimony is extraordinary. I'd rather say that it's sadly ordinary for otherwise rational, skilled, intelligent, knowledgeable, evidence-based people to drop all standards for reason and evidence when it comes to religion while still trying to pass off their beliefs as complying with those standards. I don't know how much of this is due to honest ignorance--as in they don't know they're being irrational and applying different standards--versus them being dishonest apologists looking for an angle. I think self deception plays a big role. There's a strong motivation for that (fear of separation from God/loss of salvation). That enables ordinarily rational people to suspend their judgement when God/faith come into the picture. |
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