On Double Deference in Religion and Science

[lhynard]

Dr. Paul Bloom returned to our campus to speak his third out of four lectures. Previously, he spoke on "moral circles".[1, 2, 3] His topic this time around was "Religion Is Natural

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[jeltzz]

This was a very interesting read. Thanks for posting it.

Bloom claimed that it is not knowledge that triggers beliefs but rather deference -- whom do you trust?

I wonder if that is not one of the reasons the NT is so big on the testimony of the eyewitnesses, rather than a presentation of 'these are the facts'.

[lhynard]

welcome

interesting thought