“Is it necessarily rational to be angry with someone who causes human suffering? No. Why not? Would you be angry with a being that sent paralyzing pain to someone who was about to kill a loved one? No. This reveals the real cause of our anger – a belief relating to human suffering, not human suffering itself. The belief is that the human suffering is irrational and/or indicative of some other causal shortcoming. Now, such beliefs are ultimately matters of judgment, not science. Thus, the validity of such beliefs depends on whether the ‘judge,’ the one making the judgment, has a sound faculty to make judgments. That, in turn, is established by a long track record of sound judgments.”
– Dr. Michael Bisconti
Tag Archives: belief
Amorphousness, God, Belief, and Atheists
“Atheists believe that God is amorphous.”
– Dr. Michael Bisconti
Belief, God, Existence, and Suffering
Matter, Not Infinitely Divisible, and Belief
“The belief that matter is not infinitely divisible is just that…a belief.”
– Dr. Michael Bisconti
Matter, Reality, and Belief
“The belief that only the material is real is just that…a belief.”
– Dr. Michael Bisconti
Knowledge and Involuntary Belief
“Knowledge is, in effect, involuntary belief.“
– Dr. Michael Bisconti
Perceptions, Objective Reality, Matter, Virtual Hypostatization, and Virtual Reification
“Atheists unconsciously believe that perceptions are objective reality and, more specifically, matter. This is the result of virtual hypostatization and virtual reification, respectively.“
– Dr. Michael Bisconti
Ideas, Objective Reality, Matter, Unconscious Hypostatization, and Unconscious Reification
“Atheists unconsciously believe that ideas are objective reality and, more specifically, matter. This is the result of unconscious hypostatization and unconscious reification, respectively.“
– Dr. Michael Bisconti
Belief, Persuasion, Unanimity, and Truth
“Atheists believe that, if you can’t convince everyone of what you believe, then, what you believe must be false. Well, I guess Copernicus was wrong and the earth is at the center of the solar system.“
– Dr. Michael Bisconti