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minus-squareCold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoLogic in religion? Sorry, friend, but that’s a no can do
minus-squareFlorianSimon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoTo be fair, convincing anyone with facts and logic is pretty tough (and not just for me), religious or not. Turns out, that’s not how humans work most of the time…
minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoto paraphrase an interaction I saw screenshotted somewhere at some point: “you can change people’s opinions with facts” “[link] here’s a study saying that’s incorrect” “well I still think it works”
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoI think that my mind has been changed by facts. But how do I know? Maybe something else actually changed my mind, and I tell myself it was facts because I like to think of myself as a logical person.
Logic in religion? Sorry, friend, but that’s a no can do
To be fair, convincing anyone with facts and logic is pretty tough (and not just for me), religious or not.
Turns out, that’s not how humans work most of the time…
to paraphrase an interaction I saw screenshotted somewhere at some point:
“you can change people’s opinions with facts”
“[link] here’s a study saying that’s incorrect”
“well I still think it works”
I think that my mind has been changed by facts. But how do I know? Maybe something else actually changed my mind, and I tell myself it was facts because I like to think of myself as a logical person.