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It's still not clear what those standards are.

So what? What is it to you if other people believe falsehoods?

True. But I'm talking about the belief, or faith, that acting in a particular way is worth the effort. It's this belief or faith that can be eroded. N...

*sigh* I'm not babbling. Don't be so superficial. I'm asking you to explicate why you think there's something wrong with some people believing that "s...

That's bosiness.

The clergy think highly of themselves. Lol! Yes. and I began to address that. For one, there is no unified Christianity. Different Christian sects esp...

Yes. So? Who or what is really offended here? What is really at stake here? Can you explicate?

Poor William Clifford, the author of that pithy saying, worked himself to death, at the prophetic age of 33. As for your questions, I'm with William J...

I'm not a hobbit. Nor an elf. Or even a man, for that matter (notice how there are very few strong female characters in much fiction). In other words,...

The concept of such conflation can only exist for a non-religious person. For a religious person, believing in God/having faith in God/trusting God is...

William Clifford is one of the leading examples. "It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence." htt...

Were you graded on a bell curve?

Even two thousand years ago, and before that, they had the notion of "prosperity". They just didn't define it in terms of indoor plumbing, fancy kitch...

It's not clear what in this story sets a "strong example of individuality". Could you sketch it out?

You do realize that if an adult person wants to convert to Roman Catholicism, they have to pass a program called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rite_of...

The RCC doesn't share your opinion. Neither does the pope, not even Pope Francis.

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Which means that you were taught in accordance with RCC doctrine as codified in the Catechism of the RCC. You don't seem to understand how Roman Catho...

The subtopic here is specifically Roman Catholicism, whose doctrine is codified in the Catechism of the RCC.

By now, we can only speculate. The craving to feel special, to view oneself as morally superior to others (_eternally_ morally superior to others at t...

How many different sources do you think you need to consult before you will reach full understanding? If your aim is to pass exams and complete your d...

Yet this is what some people are. You seem to think that only that which is _not_ somehow related to proverbs, aphorisms, biblical quotes, folklore, f...

The Russians should be more moral than the Americans because .

You said as much. But the exact quote of yours is too hard to find, since the keywords are too common. Not stereotyped, but held accountable. This cou...

Only if the religion is in fact ineffective, or if people believe it to be ineffective (such as by not practicing what they preach). Religions are, on...

*sigh* An example: Already when I was little, the Christians around me considered me their enemy. Because I was not one of them. They unilaterally dec...

Another poster understood me just fine.

Isn't self-confidence great! Maybe if people learn to "believe in themselves" sufficiently, they can even live off of CO2!

Well, some people think that. Some of us are just digusted by living solely for the sake of living. All this eating, consuming, day in day out, gettin...

Queen Victoria didn't have internet access. I guess she wasn't particularly prosperous. You're looking at prosperity in absolute terms. I think this i...

You mean like, What would Aragorn do? I don't find your explanation believable. I suppose what you're saying is what people often do; in a sense, it's...

And that's how psychologists betray people. Clearly, you're interested in staying on the surface of things, pushing your particular ideology.

Roman Catholic theologians follow the Catechism of the RCC. There, it is stated what conditions must be fulfilled for a person to commit mortal sin an...

Coming up with alternatives to mainstream views, philosophizing, questioning, doubting, "being yourself": all this is easy. Developing a perspective o...

In the spirit of empirical science: How would you go about proving this claim of yours? Or maybe they just liked to brag, taking credit for things the...

Flannel shirts have been popular among farmers and other physical workers for pretty much as long as those people could afford them. This precedes gru...

Really, people want to be led? I don't see that.

No. I am asking you: Who are those "innocent masses"? Who are the "self-serving and devious"? Your thread topic depends on taking for granted that tho...

What do you think is true Catholicism? That which is declared in the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church, or that which is held by a considerable v...

Most of most people's time is consumed in more fruitful activities.

You keep twisting around what I say..

Oh, Smith.

It's narcissistic to unilaterally declare someone one's enemy. It's an act of bad faith. Someone isn't your enemy just because you call them that. "Pe...

One cannot justify it, not even to oneself. It's not based on a syllogism, and one cannot even construct a syllogism to support, in hindsight/ad hoc.

It's not clear this is the case. If you knowingly change your stance about something, this could have implications for your other beliefs, over time, ...

The topic here were the epistemic implications of power relationships between people (Do I believe someone's argument because I am convinced by its ra...

And this coming from a Buddhist.

Because believing that one should not approach others in bad faith is ... just egregious!!!!!! Emaciated!!!!

This is Mahayana doctrine. Not all Buddhist schools teach such things.

Can you support this claim with doctrinal evidence? What you're saying is often claimed by various religious/spiritual people, as a display of one's g...