What are you most proud of? The Bible scorns the idea of pride (Proverbs 16:18, Pride goeth before destruction, Proverbs 11:2, When pride cometh, then cometh shame.). But Aristotle (a much wiser man than the author of Proverbs...) sees pride as a virtue. He distinguishes it from arrogance in that to feel pride is to have a rational evaluation of yourself. Arrogance is feeling proud of yourself when there is no justification to do so.
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Religion Prequel Pt. 3 — Logical Fallacies
Welcome back to yet another religion prequel. Stay with me now. This is the fun stuff.
When having an argument, you would assume the premises that are offered would be true, and therefore no effort would be made to support them. But just because the premises are assumed to be true doesn’t mean that they are. If you think the premises may be false, you can challenge them and ask your opponent to support them.
Religion Prequel Pt. 2 — Arguing Well
Arguments are found in the interactions we have with friends and acquaintances every day. There are the occasional knock-down drag-out arguments of those who despise one another, and the more frequent everyday exchanges that occur without most people even thinking about it. After all, an argument is merely the expression of one’s point of view on a subject with evidence given to support it. A discussion of opinions, if you will.
Religion and Logic
In my desire to ramble on about whatever strikes my fancy, I’d like to dedicate a blog entry every so often to one of my favorite subjects: religion. What fascinates me about religion? Aside from the fact that the earliest evidence we have of the psychology of humans is a religious one (intentional burial of the dead with items accompanying the body), the subject of religion encompasses so much that makes us human. Psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, art.