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<blockquote data-quote="perfecxionX" data-source="post: 6006935" data-attributes="member: 572854">How would you treat such an argument with regard to fairies?&nbsp; or holocaust deniers?&nbsp; Its important to understand that defending any other belief about the world in this way is extremely inadequate.&nbsp; And theres obvious reasons why we dont allow this sort of discourse in any other area of life; because of how well aware we are about things like wishful thinking, subjective biases, etc.If your experience doesn&#039;t grant you access to some sort of empirical reproducible evidence that can be displayed to other people you should really be skeptical of any assumptions your inclined to make about your own experiences.&nbsp; And there&#039;s certainly no experience you can have that can give deference to any specific religious claims; Jesus born of virgin, resurrection from the dead, transubstantiation, or any other specific dogmatic claim that has done genuine harm to human societies.The only reason we dont treat religious beliefs with the skepticism that we do any other outlandish claim about the world is because of how politically incorrect it is to do so in our society.&nbsp; These are, frankly, absurd claims about the world that are greatly sheltered, which only encourages the violent and divisive status quo in a world where we have christains against muslims against jews (to take just a few examples).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="perfecxionX, post: 6006935, member: 572854"] How would you treat such an argument with regard to fairies? or holocaust deniers? Its important to understand that defending any other belief about the world in this way is extremely inadequate. And theres obvious reasons why we dont allow this sort of discourse in any other area of life; because of how well aware we are about things like wishful thinking, subjective biases, etc. If your experience doesn't grant you access to some sort of empirical reproducible evidence that can be displayed to other people you should really be skeptical of any assumptions your inclined to make about your own experiences. And there's certainly no experience you can have that can give deference to any specific religious claims; Jesus born of virgin, resurrection from the dead, transubstantiation, or any other specific dogmatic claim that has done genuine harm to human societies. The only reason we dont treat religious beliefs with the skepticism that we do any other outlandish claim about the world is because of how politically incorrect it is to do so in our society. These are, frankly, absurd claims about the world that are greatly sheltered, which only encourages the violent and divisive status quo in a world where we have christains against muslims against jews (to take just a few examples). [/QUOTE]

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