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> decided to concoct wild self-righteous theories to justify his bias rather than change his viewpoint To what? Is there a "right" answer that would serve some
by reallydude 7y ago
> decided to concoct wild self-righteous theories to justify his bias rather than change his viewpoint
To what? Is there a "right" answer that would serve someone better? It's always going to appear self-righteous when you justify your own worldview. The utility of JP's views, is why other people adopt it, not some fictional "messianic cult". JP's reasoning has flaws and gaps as with all people. Even the utility is from other historical wisdom, not his own, repackaged into a story. Easily digestable and as rational as any other I have seen.
- frequentnapper 7y ago>Easily digestable and as rational as any other I have seen. Maybe you need to see more then.
- andrekandre 7y ago> Even the utility is from other historical wisdom, not his own, repackaged into a story. Easily digestable and as rational as any other I have seen. but that doesn’t necessarily make them true
- reallydude 7y agoWhat does "true" mean in this context? A belief system isn't true in any sense, nor is it practical to have a full knowledge of reality (enough to have rigid axioms about human behavior), so what's the goalpost here?