What a prescient subject line, Mike. I've been thinking for the last
two days that there might be something salvageable out of this
predictable back and forth. How could we all, intelligent people that
we are, continually interpret all events to match our world view? I
marvel at Lawrence's ability to look at the same news stories I look at
and find in them, support for his world view. Perhaps he is equally in
awe of my ability to do that. It seems somehow akin to religious faith,
which no facts can budge. How did it get this way? What furnace are
our world views created in that they are made of such tough stuff?
What would it take to make us change? Could we change?
I've wrestled with this for some years now. I see in myself how quickly
I accept things which support my world view and reject things which
don't. This in spite of my best efforts at times to see value or
instruction or warning in things which I am tempted to reject. But
reject, I always do. There is so much to say here. It does indeed,
seem like religious faith....and hence, non-falsifiable...Whatever
Lawrence throws my way, I have an answer for. Perhaps he would admit
the same...
So, I've been trying to remember the name of the philosopher who
developed the parable of the True Believer. And just this morning, I
found him. Basil Mitchell. He's about two-thirds of the way down the
following page, but the lead-up is also worth reading...Enjoy...
http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/flew.html
Ursula
Mike Geary wrote:
God love you all and keep those messages coming.
Ritchie's a lot more patient than I am and more discerning about minute variations of theme -- the true sign of an artist. I want action. I want conversions. Most here on this list aren't artists, they're like me -- evangelists. We want to convert the world to the truth as we certainly know it. I
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