{"id":1222,"date":"2010-07-21T09:13:16","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T14:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2010-07-21T09:13:16","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T14:13:16","slug":"anyone-can-claim-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=1222","title":{"rendered":"Anyone Can Claim Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let me tell you a true story. A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, there were star wars. First there was a massive clone war and then there was a rebellion against a galactic empire. Just because I have no evidence for this, doesn\u2019t mean that it didn\u2019t happen. I derived this knowledge from faith, which is an alternative means of knowledge from science which requires objective evidence. But it is equally valid, right?<\/p>\n<p>Let me tell you another one. I won the deed to the <span class=\"zem_slink\">Brooklyn Bridge<\/span> last night in a poker game. The problem is that I live in Pennsylvania and have no desire to move to New York right now so I need to sell it really cheap. I\u2019ll sell it to you for a fraction of what it\u2019s worth. I\u2019ll sell it to you for $5000. It is worth 5 million. This is the truth, why won\u2019t you buy it? Oh, you want evidence? Just take my truth on faith. That is a different kind of knowledge, right?<\/p>\n<p>The fact is that faith isn\u2019t a different way of deriving truth it is just a way to claim truth. Anyone can claim truth, but being able to show truth requires evidence. Just because there is no evidence don\u2019t mean that something isn\u2019t true. But we can\u2019t call it knowledge. We can only claim knowledge when we have sufficient valid evidence and can objectively show that something actually is true.<\/p>\n<p>Religious people don\u2019t believe anything on faith alone except for their particular religious claims. Isn\u2019t that interesting? Why are religious people just as skeptical about other people\u2019s religions and about matters involving money and the world we live in, but when it comes to their own religion, faith suddenly becomes an alternative and equally valid way of deriving truth? The real truth here is that religion is just as much of a scam as my deed to the Brooklyn Bridge.<br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><br \/>\n<a onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=dangeroustalk\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><script src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js?pub=dangeroustalk\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- AddThis Button END --><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles by Zemanta<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=faith-and-foolishness\">Faith and Foolishness<\/a> (scientificamerican.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=37838e96-6824-41b6-834f-e3fda30e8f43\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=1222\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 317364;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me tell you a true story. 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