People who follow the moral code of the Bible versus peopel that don’t is also a pretty clear criteria that separates some epistemologies from others.
Yes, but then you can go a step down from there, and ask “why do you believe in the contents of the bible?” For some individuals, this will actually be a question of evidence; they are prepared to reason about the evidence for and against the truth of the biblical narrative, and reject it given an adequate balance of evidence. They’re generally more biased on the question than they realize, but they are at least convinced that they must have adequate evidence to justify their belief in the biblical narrative.
I have argued people out of their religious belief before (and not just Christianity,) but never someone who thought that it was correct to take factual beliefs that feel right “on faith” without first convincing them that this is incorrect as a general rule, not simply in the specific case of religion. This is an epistemic underpinning which unites people from different religions, whatever tenets or holy books they might ascribe to. I’ve also argued the same point with people who were not religious; it’s not simply a quality of any particular religion, it’s one of the most common memetic defenses in the human arsenal.
Yes, but then you can go a step down from there, and ask “why do you believe in the contents of the bible?” For some individuals, this will actually be a question of evidence; they are prepared to reason about the evidence for and against the truth of the biblical narrative, and reject it given an adequate balance of evidence. They’re generally more biased on the question than they realize, but they are at least convinced that they must have adequate evidence to justify their belief in the biblical narrative.
I have argued people out of their religious belief before (and not just Christianity,) but never someone who thought that it was correct to take factual beliefs that feel right “on faith” without first convincing them that this is incorrect as a general rule, not simply in the specific case of religion. This is an epistemic underpinning which unites people from different religions, whatever tenets or holy books they might ascribe to. I’ve also argued the same point with people who were not religious; it’s not simply a quality of any particular religion, it’s one of the most common memetic defenses in the human arsenal.