An article in the New Statesman, "The Social Cell" by Daniel Dennett (April 13, 2012) is an interesting work on the effects of information on some social systems. One of these is religion. The writer believes that the free flow of information challenges religion (most certainly) and will likely lead to its extinction (most "doubt"-ful). …
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Belief versus Doubt versus Disbelief I
People always like to contrast Faith and Doubt. I think that this is in error. I believe (and I am not alone in this assessment) that faith is empowered by doubt. Doubt is simply honesty... and honesty is not bad. We are limited in knowledge (we don't know everything). We are limited in time and …