Sunday, June 29, 2014

Do they have no doubt religion would make it better?

They didn't ask or didn't make clear what religion folks had in mind as they responded to this Gallup Poll. But the results seem to show that 3/4 of Americans think that more religion would have a positive effect. I haven't figured out the best way to work doubt into this blogpost but I would like to propose the obvious thought experiment. Ignore for now which brand of religion each of the respondents had in mind, we know that 75% of this country is not of one particular faith. Do these people of various faiths think that any and all of the various other faiths would really help the country move in the direction of "better". "Better
" here being defined inside each religions worldview. I would like to know if we just take the 1/4th and give them all the faith of one specific religion, would everyone in the other 3/4ths be satisfied. I doubt it.

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Can't take the doubt away

There is plenty of writing and thinking going on regarding truth. Rightly so, truth is important and there to be discovered which is something we might look at in another post or podcast. But the in the public discourse something as concrete as truth seems to get fairly fluid as it is tossed around by one thinker here or there. Truth for one person it is said may not be the truth for another. Frankly that seems to be talking more about opinions than truth most of the time but it does hinder discussion from time to time.
  But doubt I feel is something that cannot be taken away. You cannot define the things that I spend time doubting. That doubt is all mine. Your doubt is all yours and you should hang on to it. Doubt can at times help you find your way in the world, dare I say, better than some truth. Truth will be presented to you by many different people for many different reasons and the best way to know what do with that truth is with DOUBT.