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It's a logical fallacy to say that a common experience is the only experience, and that fear therefore should be lessened. Perhaps the fear is there for good re
by sbjs 3y ago
It's a logical fallacy to say that a common experience is the only experience, and that fear therefore should be lessened. Perhaps the fear is there for good reason, and perhaps there is a soul and there is moral judgment at death and perhaps our moral character is sealed in stone at death, whether good or bad. Can't rule these out because lots of NDEs say it's a peaceful experience.
- lawlessone 3y agoWell the fear is evolved. Outside of action hero movies things that don't adequately fear dying probably reproduce less. Except the honey badger.
- AndrewKemendo 3y agoAre you familiar with Russell’s teapot? I question why such horrors were claimed in the first place
- sbjs 3y agoThe burden of proof has already been sufficiently provided by Christianity. Just because many people don't accept it doesn't mean it's not acceptable.
- AndrewKemendo 3y agoI’m curious what you count as “proof” I would posit this is likely where we diverge
- sbjs 3y agoAbsolutely this is where we diverge. The nature of logical fallacies is that you generally can't recognize when you're committing one. In this case one of us is, and by definition neither can know which. To resolve that, I don't rely entirely on myself, but examine the logic of many others, which I'm sure you also do. But again where we differ is that I only trust the logic of those who have proven to have very good moral character as well as high intelligence and much knowledge, such as John Henry Newman.
- AndrewKemendo 3y ago> examine the logic of many others >I only trust the logic of those who have proven to have very good moral character as well as high intelligence and much knowledge Can you explain your epistemological system in more detail? How do you evaluate claims of fact? Through what process would you demonstrate that a claim is true or false? For example, would you claim that the process of logic that Franz Haber used on matters about Chemistry to create fertilizer, is incorrect because he used the same methods (in conflict with the proscription of their use by the Hague) to invent chemical warfare gasses that killed thousands in WWI? What about Bill Shockley? He was an ardent white supremacist yet we live on top of his research in semiconductors
- sbjs 3y agoYeah see there's the logical fallacy. Thanks for confirming.
- AndrewKemendo 3y agoPlease point out the specific fallacy