Re: Brin: Arguing Doesn't Work: Fact Vs Belief

KZK wrote:
> On 11/14/2010 10:39 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
...
>> This is why it is futile to argue with religionists.
>>
> 
> That is obvious.  Anyone who professes a belief in something unprovable 
> (or provably false) is a denialist.

This isn't really a fair criticism.  Religious belief
is often explicitly said by its adherents to be done in
the absence of evidence.  At least that's how I interpret
Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped
for, the evidence of things not seen."

Once they've ceded that, using evidence to argue for or
against religious belief is probably pointless.  Arguments
like that may well sharpen one's thinking, but are unlikely
to change one's beliefs.

				---David

Not even as big as a mustard seed, Maru.