July 29, 2008

On Absolute Claims

You can't say, "All claim about religions are historically conditioned except the one I am making right now." If you insist that no one can determine which beliefs are right and wrong, why should we believe what you are saying? The reality is that we all make truth-claims of some sort and it is very hard to weigh them responsibly, but we have no alternative but to try to do so.

From the Leap of Doubt: Chapter 1 - There Can't Be Just One True Religion

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