Do you believe; and why?

[Bengalzona]

(05-08-2019, 09:40 PM)Lucidus Wrote: Correct. The act of believing doesn't make the object of the belief right or wrong; but shouldn't we care -- at least to some degree -- if the belief itself is warranted?

Who decides what is warranted? Or right or wrong, for that matter? And what is their basis for that judgment?

I think you would agree that those judgments are external: another person or group of people make a judgment about what someone believes.

I think belief (separate from religion) is an internal thing, a choice an individual makes: "Do I choose to believe this or do I choose not believe this?" In that sense, the question of "Is it right or wrong?" becomes "Is it right or wrong for me?".

I think part of the problem comes when we take something that is very personal in nature and demand others believe the same thing without regard for their own ability to choose.