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John J. Collins

Why there is nothing wrong with being certain in your beliefs

May 16, 2011 by Randal

These days one often encounters the idea that being certain about a belief — i.e. having unshakeable conviction in its truth — is somehow worriesome, dangerous, or otherwise threatening.  This is how Richard Dawkins puts it:  “religion causes wars by generating certainty.”(Cited in Avalos, Fighting Words, 177).  Second, in Does the Bible justify violence? John J. Collins asserts […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: dogmatism, John J. Collins, religion, Richard Dawkins, tolerance, truth

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