Asked by Brenna Wooldridge on Jun 24, 2024
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Which of the following is a problem with fideism?
A) Fideism allows that we can improve or revise our religious beliefs on the basis of reason.
B) Fideism gives us no way of knowing which religious beliefs we should hold as a matter of faith.
C) Believing something, in itself, shows that it is correct.
D) Fideism requires that you only believe religious claims when there is evidence supporting those claims.
Religious Beliefs
Convictions or faith in the doctrines of a religion, which can include beliefs in a higher power, moral codes, and afterlife.
Basis Of Reason
The fundamental principles or underlying logic that guide reasoning or argumentation.
Fideism
The belief that the divine is revealed through faith and does not require reason.
- Separate between different philosophical and theological beliefs pertaining to reason, faith, and their conjunction.
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Rishat BangarhJun 27, 2024
Final Answer :
B
Explanation :
Fideism claims that religious beliefs can appropriately be held without evidence or perhaps even in the face of contrary evidence. As such it suffers from all the problems of not allowing us to revise religious beliefs based on evidence, providing no way to know which religious beliefs should be held on faith and that mere belief (even when based on faith) does not entail truth.
Learning Objectives
- Separate between different philosophical and theological beliefs pertaining to reason, faith, and their conjunction.
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