waveman comments on Jesus Made Me Rational (An Introduction)

waveman 23 Nov 2018 0:55 UTC
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It makes me sad to keep reading this kind of history propaganda.
Motivated reasoning is so obvious and blatant when it concerns beliefs we don’t share ourselves. The OP is almost embarrassing.
Our own motivated reasoning is harder to notice. That is the hard thing.
- Motasaurus 23 Nov 2018 3:03 UTC
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  Motivated reasoning is so obvious and blatant when it concerns beliefs we don’t share ourselves.
  Isn’t it just. If only the OP had prefaced everything with some kind of comment acknowledging that.
  what follows is a descriptive narrative of my epistemology not a statement of universal fact (though some facts are contained therein).
  - waveman 11 Dec 2018 2:42 UTC
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    not a statement of universal fact
    I have seen a lot of these generalized disclaimers. They don’t mean much. What is more important is the hard work of closely examining every assumption and every logical step.
    It reminds me somehow of the way many Christians talk a lot about humility but in practice are extremely arrogant towards non-believers. I am not specifically thinking of you in this paragraph.
    - Motasaurus 13 Dec 2018 22:59 UTC
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      what is more important is the hard work of closely examining every assumption and every logical step.
      I agree. This was merely an introduction.
      It reminds me somehow of the way many Christians talk a lot about humility but in practice are extremely arrogant towards non-believers.
      I would assign a fairly high probability that this is more annoying to me than to you.