Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Artificial doubt

Sometimes skepticism is overcompensation for fear of motivated reasoning. Ironically, that's just another kind of motivated reasoning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsPyU4KVGpU

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  1. What are your thoughts on B. A. Bosserman "The Trinity and the Vindication of Christian Paradox"?

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    1. I only know the book by reputation. Although I'm not opposed to theological paradox in principle (and paradox is commonplace in math, physics, and philosopher), I don't find the Trinity to be essentially paradoxical (or any other Christian doctrines, for that matter), so I don't grant the premise of his thesis.

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