PETER MULLEN made some interesting statements in his column this week (June 23) regarding his beliefs.
He obviously believes that because he accepts them, his beliefs must be actually true.
I am sure that the IS fighters causing such carnage and destruction in Syria and Iraq have sincerely-held beliefs, which they are certain are correct and true. But Peter would deny that they are true.
Millions of Hindus world-wide will have sincerely-held beliefs in contradiction to Peter’s.
Even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had a sincerely-held belief in the existence of fairies.
How can one justify moving from a belief in something to actual knowledge and proof that it is true? Peter quotes from statements made 2,000 years ago, but what has been added since that time to sustain or expand on these statements?
Eric Gendle, Middlesbrough.
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