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I think every discipline requires some suspension of critical thinking. When I’m writing software I might start with a “faith” I can solve a problem I may not f
by pastorhudson 4y ago
I think every discipline requires some suspension of critical thinking. When I’m writing software I might start with a “faith” I can solve a problem I may not fully understand. I will come to understand the things I don’t currently understand when the time comes to implement them. I trust google or stack overflow will have my back!
Theology and Philosophy are full of critical thinking. And I’m not sure you can find any success in religious practice without it.
- yibg 4y agoBut with say software, you can verify yourself if you wanted to whether something is true or not. And if you can find sufficient evidence that something isn't true it'll get corrected. With religion you're expected to believe many things without evidence. And often times in the face of evidence against the thing.
- simplify 4y agoThe anti-religious love to harp on the whole evidence thing, but in real life you almost never make decisions based on evidence. Instead, you base them on experiences – whether based your own or other people's. Here's a basic example: What's the evidence that Donald Trump was (or spicier, isn't) president? How do you verify this fact? Is it not simply faith in our system and word of mouth?