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since there really s no topic on whether or not he really exists and created people i decided to make one
start debating... NOW!
Perhaps it's just that type of person who's likely to believe in these sort of things. Maybe if they weren't raised to be religious, they'd believe something else they heard of first.
Critical thinking is a learned process, something religion more then often discourages.
If you frequent the 'right' people out of family and church community circles though, you can still acquire critical thinking.
i dont know what you are talking about by saying religon discourages critical thinking. it doesnt
But being religous doesn't mean that you won't be a critical thinker. You can belive in God and be a person who does a lot of things on those lists.
i dont know what you are talking about by saying religon discourages critical thinking. it doesnt
But being religous doesn't mean that you won't be a critical thinker. You can belive in God and be a person who does a lot of things on those lists.
Critical Thinkers are disposed to:
I don't think that he said that critical thinking was impossible or completely incompatible with religion. He simply said religion discourages critical thinking, which doesn't mean the two things exclude themselves necessarily.
It does insofar that you have to take beliefs (that aren't even yours at the beginning) as facts, which doesn't require any critical thinking. And since religion is so important to some people's life, this may have repercussions if you apply the way of thinking that you have learnt from religion, on other matters.
I don't think that he said that critical thinking was impossible or completely incompatible with religion. He simply said religion discourages critical thinking, which doesn't mean the two things exclude themselves necessarily.
It does insofar that you have to take beliefs (that aren't even yours at the beginning) as facts, which doesn't require any critical thinking. And since religion is so important to some people's life, this may have repercussions if you apply the way of thinking that you have learnt from religion, on other matters.
I don't think that he said that critical thinking was impossible or completely incompatible with religion. He simply said religion discourages critical thinking, which doesn't mean the two things exclude themselves necessarily.
Being religious doesn't you can't have an intellectual, critical, questioning mind.
Being religious doesn't you can't have an intellectual, critical, questioning mind.
Did I really post the 666th comment playing Devil's advocate in a "Does God exist thread"?
Certainly not. But religion calls usually calls on faith, and an intellectual, critical, questioning mind might have a problem with blind faith.
Which is exactly what I see as the problem with religion.Umm, this isn't really what religion is about. I'm religious, but I have a very intellectual mind. Many religious people I know are like this as well. I don't like the fact that you imply that religion dumbs people down.
Umm, this isn't really what religion is about
I'm religious, but I have a very intellectual mind.
Many religious people I know are like this as well. I don't like the fact that you imply that religion dumbs people down
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