They don't necessarily do it intentionally, but what they do is
make claims of knowledge of a truth, when in fact, they don't really know if the claim is true or not.
To
make claims of knowledge regarding actions and desires of your god without providing proof of existence is illogical and childlike.
When a person of ANY religious sect makes these claims, they are
making claims of knowledge.
Not exact matches
The fact that he converted to christianity just before he died and
made unsupported
claims, does not
make the OP fallacious — the bible was written by primitive people with no
knowledge of how the Solar system was created or how species evolved.
Plenty
of hucksters and marketers
of «belief»
claim education and
knowledge, but commit intellectual fraud and dishonesty to
make their points.
two hundred - and - fifity in one archdiocese!?!?! I am not catholic, and therefore
make no
claims to specific
knowledge of the religion nor those in positions
of authority.
Makes claims of super natural
knowledge..
MyMainMan, one other point I'd like to
make: If you're going to support Sagan's
claim that athiests must presume to have much more
knowledge than the rest
of us, then the exact same must apply to Theists (those who believe in God).
The great
claim of the doctrine
of analogy has always been that it
makes possible a genuine
knowledge of God.
How can one
make claims to without full
knowledge of?
Claiming a god exists is absolutely a positive statement
of false
knowledge, but saying we can't know, don't know, and that we as an individual don't have enough evidence to
make a positive statement on any gods existance, that's a rational position to take.
To begin with, an epistemology
of the cross can not be used by knowers whose
claims to objectivity are predicated on domination, for it harbors a deep suspicion
of power - based
knowledge claims and those who
make them.
Neither the alleged source
of divine revelation, nor modern science can
make this
claim about the
knowledge to which they lead us.
My question is right and I would pose it to anyone who
makes claims of such absolute
knowledge.
This
knowledge gives a kind
of certainty such as is possible in the realm
of history and freedom, that is as a
claim to
make freedom itself a binding norm.
But a just appreciation
of God's general revelation
of Himself should preserve the truth that Christianity has meaning for man precisely because it represents a fulfillment
of the
knowledge of God which is
made possible through all the things which He has
made, Nygren
claims,
of course, simply to be setting forth scientifically the fundamental Christian motif without arguing its truth or value against any other motif.
I am not
making these
claims as a supernatural «word
of knowledge» or anything
of that sort.
In one case one must be omniscient in order to
make their
claim (I know that there can not be a god because I know every possibility) while the other
makes it clear that they are not arrogant enough to
claim knowledge of absolutely everything possible.
I identify five voices in this debate that I take to be the most completely developed and importantly contrasting «positions» in the conversation: Edward Farley's Theologia: The Fragmentation and Unity
of Theological Education and his The Fragility
of Knowledge: Theological Education in the Church and the University; 2 the Mud Flower Collective's God s Fierce Whimsy; 3 Joseph C. Hough, Jr., and John B. Cobb, Jr.'s Christian Identity and Theological Education; 4 Max L. Stackhouse's Apologia: Contextualization, Globalization, and Mission in Theological Education; 5 and Charles M. Wood's Vision and Discernment.6 Although each
of these voices
makes important
claims in its own right, which I hope to summarize as briefly as clarity and fairness permit, what is most important, I think, is the largely implicit interplay among them
of contrasting insights and themes.
In such education scientific
knowledge and engineering skill will be taught not as means
of making good the
claims of the autonomous human will against nature, but as resources for the informed pursuit
of the good.
@Jibbs: Sorry, you will need to provide references when
making random
claims of knowledge to support your hypothesis.
In her very complex but well - argued essay, she shows how the
claim for epistemic
knowledge - which, in the context
of this article, would link it to the efforts to «politicise identity» or to use identity «strategically» - assumes a single centre
of authority and also assumes
making use
of the language and tools
of this authority.
I know
of no atheist who would
make a
knowledge claim with respect to the existence
of god, and perhaps we can agree that the few religious folk who
claim to «know» that their god exists probably just «strongly believe».
What within a
claim of knowledge, or lack
of knowledge (agnosticism) would possibly
make someone «more naturally tolerant»?
The
claim to absolute
knowledge, the appeal to a form
of universalism that should inform civilization that is not based on empirical indexes alone, and the regulation
of human sexuality that religious traditions promote
make religion seem a threat to modern liberal society.
He also grants the common - sense view that a human corpse is a dead thing as a human body, but he still
makes his panpsychistic point by insisting that even a corpse is composed
of many living things and, as far as our
knowledge runs, nothing else.29 In addition, he
claims that his belief that there is only a relative and not an absolute distinction between mind and matter is given support by recent developments in physics that have shown that the differences between matter and various kinds
of radiation are differences
of degree and not
of kind.
If you didn't
claim your begarly
knowledge,
making demeaning remarks about things you know nothing about, adn
of which I am certain, and needed to poinat out the paradox
of name you chose, my post which tic «ked you off wouldn't be posted.
On the day that Barcelona has taken a # 125 million loan to pay the player's wages and United's «Faithful Red Knights»
claim that the club is in too much debt to
make it a good investment, we should be grateful that we have a manager who not only has a masters in Economics, but also
makes use
of that
knowledge wisely.
Some
of this chatter
made its way on to the record when veteran Republican dirty trickster Roger Stone, who had recently been employed by GOP Senate President Joe Bruno's political operation,
claimed knowledge and insisted that he had provided essential tip - offs to investigators.
MPs said DfID's ability to
make informed spending decisions was being undermined by its lack
of knowledge about levels
of fraud and corruption, the report
claimed.
Extracts
of the book published last month by the Daily Mail have already
made a series
of damaging
claims about Cameron including involvement in a drug - taking environment at university,
knowledge of Ashcroft's offshore tax status, and his now infamous alleged involvement in a bizarre dinner club ritual involving a pig's head.
Tarfia please do not
make assumptions about my
knowledge base and, if possible, try and base your statements with evidence rather than opinion and what you think — take a leaf out
of John Ps responses — he gives us some figures to back up his
claims — for example — how do you know how many people occupy the centre ground — what evidence have you got.
If all
of these activities were being undertaken without the
knowledge of the British Government, what questions did David Miliband ask for all
of the well documented and longstanding
claims made in The Guardian and elsewhere?
Neither science nor liberalism
makes any doctrinaire
claims beyond the efficacy
of its respective methods — that is, that science obtains
knowledge and that liberalism produces social orders generally acceptable to free peoples.»
Also, Green Pastures has never
made claims, to my
knowledge, about the levels
of nutrients in their products, carefully explaining that they are a food product and that levels can change.
Even without the
knowledge that Me and Earl and the Dying Girl premiered in the theaters
of Park City, it would not be a stretch to
make the
claim that this is the sort
of film that would be expected to screen at Sundance.
Claims about the «unique damage that «pit bull» dogs inflict» are
made by individuals or special interest groups with no experience in analyzing dog bite - related injuries or
knowledge of dog physiology or behavior.
In time, and with EA's
knowledge that West and Zampella were under contract to Activision for another two years, Activision
claims EA and the two Infinity Ward founders hatched a plan — one rife with private e-mails, attempts to surreptitiously scan company documents and maybe even a good deal
of cackling — to start a spin - off company that would
make games to compete with Call
of Duty.
As your comments
make abundantly clear, you have very little
knowledge on this issue and have done no independent investigation
of the wild
claims being
made.
The real Yamal deception is their attempt to damage public confidence in science by
making speculative and scandalous
claims about the actions and motivations
of scientists while cloaking them in a pretense
of advancing scientific
knowledge.
When a group
of people
claiming superior scientific
knowledge and understanding refuses to grasp the extremely simple point I've been
making regarding the heating capacity
of an absence
of volcanic eruptions, then I am forced to take all their other arguments with a huge grain
of salt.
This requires that Mann show that the allegedly defamatory comments were
made with actual malice — i.e. actual
knowledge that the allegdly defamatory
claims were false or reckless disregard for the truth or falsity
of the
claims made.
I believe our
knowledge of the mechanics
of our climate are still being discovered, and it is too soon to
make claims.
«What's different here is the «failure to warn» and «design defect»
claims — they have not been
made in regard to climate change yet — and these are
claims that rely on a long history
of the industry's
knowledge and allegedly deceptive activities,» he said.
His
knowledge in this field informed his conclusion that scientific data does not support the UN's
claims of catastrophic man -
made global warming.
She
make this
claim of causality repeatedly, but to my
knowledge has never provided any actual supporting data.
These people may be leftwing, but they have not, to the best
of my
knowledge,
made claims that are obviously at variance with mainstream science.
If you're going to despair
of personal
knowledge (the fallacy
of Argument from Ignorance) and surrender to the fallacy
of Appeal to Authority, then you ought not appeal to an authority that has
made clear statements entirely the opposite
of your
claim:
However, directly after
making this apparent
claim of knowledge, roger backpeddles somewhat and suggests that if the adjustment is in the ballpark ONE
of the following must true..
To the best
of my
knowledge, you have never
made this explicit
claim.