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In what ideas should we believe?

Aštra’el

Aštara, Blade of Aštoreth
I do not think in terms of "should we"... I think in terms of "should I". If others are inclined to follow my example than so be it.
 

bobhikes

Nondetermined
Premium Member
The Golden rule, simply because if you want to be treated a certain way, you should treat others the same.
Be open minded,simply because as soon as you close your mind you stop learning.
Understand we all are different, embrace the differences. Seeking similarities closes the mind, seeking similarities creates an us and them allowing us to break the golden rule.
 

Curious George

Veteran Member
It's not so easy, as it exemplifies the is-ought problem.

There is nothing that we ought to believe, since we have no control about what to believe.
Whether or not we can exercise any degree of control over to believe is an entirely different cognitive game than discussing what we should do ideally. I might agree that I ought to eat healthier but that does not mean I will or I do.
 

Willamena

Just me
Premium Member
Hi Willamena,

Are you - once again - arguing from a relativist stance without saying that you are?
My stance is the most distant from relativism that you will find. :)

I firmly believe in truth that is objective and absolute.
 

icehorse

......unaffiliated...... anti-dogmatist
Premium Member
My stance is the most distant from relativism that you will find. :)

I firmly believe in truth that is objective and absolute.

Your earlier post sounds very relativistic, and this post is ambiguous. Do you think there are objective morals to be known? My take is that you need to assume at least one axiom, and if you do, you can claim objective morals.
 

George-ananda

Advaita Vedanta, Theosophy, Spiritualism
Premium Member
The title is the easy question? The hard question is why?
That which our reason tells us is most reasonable to believe. For me, as a logical minded type of person that would include analyzed evidence from the paranormal and spiritual realms. It starts with the paranormal and a judgment on whether there indeed is something going on that is beyond the materialist/scientific worldview. My reason has answered that question with 'Yes'. And then I would consider sources that claim to know about the nature of the beyond the normal and judge the reasonableness of what I hear. Personally, this process has led me to a spiritual non-dual (pantheistic) worldview as the one most reasonable. I call that my 'beliefs' (not my 'faith').
 

Aupmanyav

Be your own guru
I should believe science because it tells me exactly what it knows as also what it does not know. And it continues to search answers for what it does not know. It does not deceive or make stories.
 
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