I found this blog a bit interesting: http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com/?p=708
It is about a review of a book, Questions of Truth.
"Questions of Truth vividly illustrates how, if you are sufficiently committed to a belief, it is always possible to interpret other facts to fit in with it. It all depends on which of your beliefs you take to be non-negotiable. “The materialist takes as basic fact the existence of matter,” they say, somewhat caricaturing the atheist position. “The theist takes as basic fact the existence of a divine creator,” they add, accurately describing their own. From this starting point, it is clear there is nothing which could persuade the theist otherwise."
The only thing that I have to ask if: If you are willing to see some parts of your faith as negotiable, then should or can you really subscribe to that faith at all?...
Friday 27 February 2009
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