Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeBeware. Tucked away in all that merely-scanned text, he sometimes insists that you "admit" things and/or thanks you for "clarifying" that you support some hideous moral atrocity, and he may then later body slam you by claiming your unwillingness to endure or constantly play along with his moebius strip of assertion-no-engagement-amnesia is "proof" that you've accepted-everything-and-he's-the-winner. Beware. 😵
To be honest, I just scan his posts nowadays and if I see the words 'truth' 'objective' or 'absolute' I don't bother reading it. I do the same thing in the newspaper if I see the word 'Trump' or 'salami.'
-Removed-Some say that we don't have the ability to choose what we believe. We must believe what we must believe. But, if that is the case, then they are saying we don't have any choice in what we believe. We are caused to believe certain things because we see the issues, weigh the facts, and make decisions. But, basically, our beliefs are necessary outcomes to what we see and know. But, if that is the case, then we cannot know if what we believe is true or not. Let me explain.
If we are essentially forced to believe things and cannot choose to believe anything, then it is irrelevant whether that which we believe in is true or false. We believe because were forced to believe, not because we weigh the evidence, apply logic, and choose to believe something. Furthermore, it would mean that the position that "we don't have the ability to choose what we believe" can't be shown to be true - because we're forced to believe it regardless of its truth value. since we cannot show it to be true, we cannot rely on the statement "we don't have the ability to choose what we believe". Essentially, the position refutes itself. It refutes itself, then we ought not believe it. In fact, we should choose not to believe it's true. But if we choose to believe it's not true, then we are choosing to believe that we can choose to believe.
https://carm.org/can-you-choose-to-believe-something
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-Removed-I have claimed no such thing, you are the ones claiming he has no choice. I believe he can weigh the evidence, apply logic, and choose to believe something based on evidence. The two of you seem to think that he cannot choose to believe anything and all his beliefs are somehow forced on him.