Comparative Religion

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Pearl Brian
Comparative Religion
Dr. Kraft
November 16, 2015
Does Disagreement about a Philosophy or Religion with a Cognitive Peer Reduce the Confidence One Has in the Justification of One’s Belief in God? I am a young lady with faith, a born again Christian and practicing my faith in line with God’s word, the Holy Bible. This unusual introduction is imperative because it has largely influenced my life, perception and general outlook. It further emphasizes my absolute confidence in God. Whilst I may not win all arguments with my mates, I have always endeavored to trust God on what to say, how to say and when to say for full impact. Luke 21:15 says “For I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict …show more content…

Most of the things we currently believe in were never proven by us but by the reason of the person that passed such information, doctrine, belief system or body of knowledge, our opinion is formed. Also by the reason of our seeming implicit faith in the ability, competence, intellectual prowess, antecedents of such party or parties, we unconsciously seem to follow the tide of their opinion because all beliefs are opinions of some persons that have been passed down over time or conceived by us along the way. Most times, things that have been passed down are assimilated by reason of lack of intellectual capacity to challenge or implicit faith in the though process that gave birth to such position. May I ask what 1 + 1 is? The natural response is 2. Whilst may believe this to be true, very infinitesimal few can actually prove that 1 + 1 is 2. Because the logic behind it is unknown to many but rather have chosen to trust the thinking process of another. Growing up in secondary school, it took the teacher almost 45 minutes to prove why 1 + 1 equals 2. I believe that the same thing goes for most things which we believe in these days, depending on what that has been passed down. Here, the critical-thinking principle for the retention of a belief from the perspective of an externalist is what has …show more content…

Several people have noted that, at least given the current state of epistemological opinion, there is a sense in which conciliationism is self-undermining because it whittles down the confidence of the party conceding to superior logic”. (Christensen 2007) Self-undermining may eventually lead to low esteem and its consequences. Richard Feldman postulates that “there is a preferential option for ones ego in disagreement. The discovery of the disagreement may weaken one’s justification given the thinking process that evolved the belief.” (Feldman 2006) In other words, the role of ego in a disagreement with a cognitive peer could be a source or reason for loss of confidence. He concluded by saying that “ego is used in evaluating the belief of others.” As stated earlier, being a practicing Christian, the issue of ego had been dealt with because I have counted all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus (Philippians

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