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Talk:Mystery:Why Do People Doubt? (view source)
Revision as of 22:20, September 14, 2008
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::::I'm sorry, I'm having a little trouble with this essay. It seems to be saying that all doubt is bad. Surely that's not true, or we'd all be incredibly gullible people. Doubt and skepticism can be very beneficial. You yourself expressed a great deal of doubt about Lenski's experiments, which is certainly not a bad thing. Assuming God is omnipotent, he can do basically anything. Does it really stand to reason that we should believe anything, just because it's possible? If I told you God raised my Aunt Mildred from the dead 3 days after she died, would you believe me? I would certainly doubt such a claim. [[User:BrianH|BrianH]] 18:18, 14 September 2008 (EDT)
::::I'm sorry, I'm having a little trouble with this essay. It seems to be saying that all doubt is bad. Surely that's not true, or we'd all be incredibly gullible people. Doubt and skepticism can be very beneficial. You yourself expressed a great deal of doubt about Lenski's experiments, which is certainly not a bad thing. Assuming God is omnipotent, he can do basically anything. Does it really stand to reason that we should believe anything, just because it's possible? If I told you God raised my Aunt Mildred from the dead 3 days after she died, would you believe me? I would certainly doubt such a claim. [[User:BrianH|BrianH]] 18:18, 14 September 2008 (EDT)
:::::What I got out of the essay is that doubt in oneself and his abilities is bad. Obviously doubt in itself is not a bad thing. Without doubt in liberal teachings and claims, this site would not exist. [[User:LautRN|Jeffrey W. Lauttamus]][[User_talk:LautRN|<sub>Discussion</sub>]] 18:20, 14 September 2008 (EDT)