• JackGreenEarth
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    1 month ago

    Ok, now I’ve clarified what beliefs you think some people assume without evidence, I would still say that believing those things isn’t right. You should still have a good reason for believing what you believe, and taking the existence of a conscious creator as given is invalid.

    • @Opinionhaver@feddit.uk
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      11 month ago

      By “those things,” you’re referring to God or the entity running the simulation? Whether it’s a reasonable belief isn’t really relevant from the perspective of the theory itself. You’re still going to encounter people who hold such beliefs - and if you want to change their minds, the better approach is to identify and challenge their underlying beliefs, rather than the ones built on top of them.

      Belief in a God or a creator is a foundational belief - being against abortion isn’t. That view only logically follows from the prior belief.

      • JackGreenEarth
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        21 month ago

        Someone can have a fundamental belief that they shouldn’t have.

        Someone can also have a derivative belief from another derivative belief, without the prior belief having to be fundamental.

        • @Opinionhaver@feddit.uk
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          11 month ago

          Whether they should or shouldn’t hold those beliefs is not an objective fact but a value judgment on your part - and either way, it’s entirely unrelated to what I was saying.