Comments on: Believing Our Beliefs

By: xanthippa

xanthippa — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:53:21 +0000

I really don’t know….I currently hold no unqullified opinions, nor have I any idea of how to form one.

This does not imply I could not potentially develop the ability to hold one, it is simply an assertin that to the best of my observation, I have as yet not formed one, nor do I know how I would go about it. Of course, these are my subjective observations only….and I cannot possibly make an independent assessment.

By: sgshaw

sgshaw — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:23:40 +0000

So you believe that you have no beliefs and/or are unable to form beliefs…?

By: xanthippa

xanthippa — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:54:17 +0000

Actually, I have a hard time imagining what a life with beliefs would be like!

No, I’m not being pretentious…I simply lack the ability to ‘hold beliefs’. Perhaps I’m not wired right…but more and more people are admitting that they, too, hold no beliefs because they simply don’t know how.

I do rant on and on about it, though…the ability to believe fascinates me.

By: sgshaw

sgshaw — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:45:35 +0000

Well, I don’t know if we ought to press the issue that far, or even if we can. What would (or could) a life without beliefs even look like?

By: Xanthippa

Xanthippa — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:56:02 +0000

Sound to me like all beliefs ought to be avoided as unsound constructs…