Musings: Belief Without Conviction
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Desi Anwar
ACCORDING to philosopher Bertrand Russell the opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder’s lack of rational conviction. If we share his skepticism and apply it to religious belief then it is not difficult to comprehend why for some people anything that is vaguely insulting to their religion is a cause for unbridled emotions.
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