What make you think your answers are more correct than others?

[Spirit of Light]

What makes you believe your answers and understanding is more correct than other peoples beliefs and answers?

Personally I do not believe my faith or beliefs are the only one that can be correct.

 

[Nimos]

What makes you believe your answers and understanding is more correct than other peoples beliefs and answers?

Personally I do not believe my faith or beliefs are the only one that can be correct.

Depends what it is obviously. To use a straight up example, people that claim the Earth is flat. They are wrong, because their believe is based on misunderstandings and simply a lack of knowledge.

So to generalize it, it comes down to how one understand and use the sources by which they form their believes. In some cases, a person might simply change or misunderstand the source material, which removes any foundation for set believe. And if you can demonstrate to them why this is the case, then one answer might be more accurate than the other.

In your case, depending on what exactly you are talking about, you might have conflicting ideas, which simply can't both be true at the same time. Obviously doesn't mean that any of the ideas are true, but regardless of that, it would still be clear that they can't both be true.

 

[Brian2]

What makes you believe your answers and understanding is more correct than other peoples beliefs and answers?

Personally I do not believe my faith or beliefs are the only one that can be correct.

There are many things that I believe, which, if they are true, mean that the beliefs of other religions are not true.

 

[Martin]

I find it frustrating when people present beliefs as facts or certainties. I find it more productive to explore possibilities, and I view agnosticism or "don't know" as a healthy position.

 

[Martin]

There are many things that I believe, which, if they are true, mean that the beliefs of other religions are not true.

Clearly not all religious beliefs can be correct, and it's possible that they are all wrong.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Depends what it is obviously. To use a straight up example, people that claim the Earth is flat. They are wrong, because their believe is based on misunderstandings and simply a lack of knowledge.

So to generalize it, it comes down to how one understand and use the sources by which they form their believes. In some cases, a person might simply change or misunderstand the source material, which removes any foundation for set believe. And if you can demonstrate to them why this is the case, then one answer might be more accurate than the other.

In your case, depending on what exactly you are talking about, you might have conflicting ideas, which simply can't both be true at the same time. Obviously doesn't mean that any of the ideas are true, but regardless of that, it would still be clear that they can't both be true.

So, you do not misunderstand what you believe to be the truth, be it scientific or other means?

 

[Spirit of Light]

There are many things that I believe, which, if they are true, mean that the beliefs of other religions are not true.

But they can hold truth, may it be on different levels than your Christian faith?

 

[Mock Turtle]

What makes you believe your answers and understanding is more correct than other peoples beliefs and answers?

Personally I do not believe my faith or beliefs are the only one that can be correct.

Not sure I do (I try to have some humility), but a lack of bias would certainly aid such, and where all too many just don't have this - given that they tend to be educated as to or indoctrinated into their (different) religious beliefs (often from a young age), and often with little regard as to other possible explanations as to life, the universe, and all the rest.

Are my beliefs not based on a single text (or similar) more likely to be true than those who do believe in such? I would say yes - given the probability of their veracity and the existence of so many of such texts. I don't take it for granted. But I'm hardly going to ignore the various bits of religious doctrine or dogma that rub up against more sensible explanations though, or as towards other such beliefs.

 

[Nimos]

So, you do not misunderstand what you believe to be the truth, be it scientific or other means?

Everyone does. That is why it is no issue being wrong.

We all tend to think we know what is correct and what is not, I don't think anyone on purpose go around believing things they know is wrong, they might pretend to do it, due to other reasons. But in most cases I think it is not intentionally, but it might be because someone told you something and they got it wrong, but you didn't double check it and then you simply trust that they got it right. At some point another person comes along or you read about it and you figure out that this believe you had was wrong, and then you ought to change it. So it could be history, how you interpret something whatever.

For instance yesterday we had a chat about police traffic and stuff and I wrote that they usually subtract something from the speed when they measure. Obviously i wrote this because I thought it was true, but went to double check it and it turned out that it weren't, so it weren't intentionally, I simply hadn't put in the effort of double checking it and therefore I got it wrong.

 

[Geoff-Allen]

What makes you believe your answers and understanding is more correct than other peoples beliefs and answers?

Personally I do not believe my faith or beliefs are the only one that can be correct.

I don't really have any beliefs that I cherish more than the alternatives. Just what works for me.

Unfortunately dogma is very popular because this world can seem a very scary place and there is some comfort in feeling yours are the "true" answers to what are really great mysteries!

I hope I am making sense here.

I much prefer questions to answers and I do my best to keep an open mind. Some beliefs are harmful to the believer and I would discourage such "blind faith" if I were in a position to do so. At the same time, I endeavour to feel compassion for people who feel the need for such "certainty" in a confusing & troubled world.

Instead of looking at whether beliefs are "right" or "wrong", I would ask whether your beliefs are personally healthy. To me, a healthy belief system is one that helps you to become a kinder & more compassionate human being.

I guess that sums up my current attitude. But I could always modify my beliefs if I am inspired to do so.

Wishing you all the best!

 

[Spirit of Light]

I don't really have any beliefs that I cherish more than the alternatives. Just what works for me.

Unfortunately dogma is very popular because this world can seem a very scary place and there is some comfort in feeling yours are the "true" answers to what are really great mysteries!

I hope I am making sense here.

I much prefer questions to answers and I do my best to keep an open mind. Some beliefs are harmful to the believer and I would discourage such "blind faith" if I were in a position to do so. At the same time, I endeavour to feel compassion for people who feel the need for such "certainty" in a confusing & troubled world.

Instead of looking at whether beliefs are "right" or "wrong", I would ask whether your beliefs are personally healthy. To me, a healthy belief system is one that helps you to become a kinder & more compassionate human being.

I guess that sums up my current attitude. But I could always modify my beliefs if I am inspired to do so.

Wishing you all the best!

I agree with you on this

 

[wellwisher]

Depends what it is obviously. To use a straight up example, people that claim the Earth is flat. They are wrong, because their believe is based on misunderstandings and simply a lack of knowledge.

So to generalize it, it comes down to how one understand and use the sources by which they form their believes. In some cases, a person might simply change or misunderstand the source material, which removes any foundation for set believe. And if you can demonstrate to them why this is the case, then one answer might be more accurate than the other.

In your case, depending on what exactly you are talking about, you might have conflicting ideas, which simply can't both be true at the same time. Obviously doesn't mean that any of the ideas are true, but regardless of that, it would still be clear that they can't both be true.

In terms of the earth being flat, the irony is the vast majority of maps of the earth, at any scale, show the earth as being flat or 2-D. If we assume these maps are correct in terms of the relative positions of places on earth, than the preponderance of the data has been plotted, by the experts, with a 2-D earth in mind. There are far fewer globes or 3-D plots of the same data. The 3-D earth is like the minority view in terms of the data representation. Culture and the math procedures for data plotting, does create mixed signals. Should we always ignore the main way things are plotted? From an early age one might notice how the left and right hand of science are not coordinated.

I am aware the earth is spherical, however, the representations of the detailed earth data are more often presented to us as flatland. The majority of data representation typically wins the consensus in science. We need to have a talk with Google maps since they appear to support the flat earth approach since this is more practical for the needs of applied science for laymen and experts.

 

[Geoff-Allen]

I agree with you on this

Great minds think alike!

Just found this in an old journal of mine -

"What do I think? From my perspective, I would say that dogmatic thinking is the biggest problem in the world today. Always has been! It's enough to make you scream in frustration! Dogma is always driven by fear and a planet full of frightened humans can be a real challenge to deal with in a positive & compassionate manner!"

All the best!

 

[RestlessSoul]

Ego is perhaps the greatest barrier there is, to tolerance, understanding, and wisdom. To protect it’s primacy, the ego will tell us it is better to be right than to be uncertain, and if unchecked will pursue the triumph of the will even to the point of destroying the host.

 

[SalixIncendium]

What makes you believe your answers and understanding is more correct than other peoples beliefs and answers?

That's a bit of a loaded question, no?

Kind of like asking someone how long they've been beating their wife.

I don't believe my answers and understanding are "more correct" than others'. They're different and tailored to my own worldview.

 

[Spirit of Light]

That's a bit of a loaded question, no?

Kind of like asking someone how long they've been beating their wife.

I don't believe my answers and understanding are "more correct" than others'. They're different and tailored to my own worldview.

It was not meant to be loaded

 

[The Crimson Universe]

Personally I do not believe my faith or beliefs are the only one that can be correct.

I think its kinda foolish to consider one's own beliefs as the final truth. I mean with our limited understanding it is not easy to come to a final conclusion, when we're trying to find out what God is, or how the universe functions.
We're just looking at the Reality from different angles (not sure whether its giving us the final picture), that too with our imperfect understanding and in the process we're creating our own theories and later out of ignorance turning them into facts.
Each of our beliefs helps us to climb the ladder but in my opinion there's no certainty that we'll reach the top to find out how its like up there. :=)

 

[SalixIncendium]

I don't believe my answers and understanding are "more correct" than others'. They're different and tailored to my own worldview.

To expand on this, each person has different experiences thereby has different understandings and answers than others.

As @RestlessSoul has explained, it is succumbing to ego that makes a person think theirs are more correct than those of others.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I think its kinda foolish to consider one's own beliefs as the final truth.

Why are we conflating "beliefs" with "understandings and answers?"

 

[SalixIncendium]

There are many things that I believe, which, if they are true, mean that the beliefs of other religions are not true.

Same question: Why are you conflating "belief" with "understandings and answers?"