tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post4137362721609366376..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: Religious "Truth"Jean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-88767085802045129162010-09-18T11:18:41.918-05:002010-09-18T11:18:41.918-05:00Well I don't know exactly to what extent Ariel...Well I don't know exactly to what extent Ariel thinks these issues are metaphoric. To my mind, if you refer to something as a myth, you are talking about a set of beliefs that are not "real" in any sense, where "real" means existing independently of a culture or mind. If Ariel thinks there are "real myths" then I think the problem is not with "true" or Faustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-3421209425558834992010-09-18T07:50:46.349-05:002010-09-18T07:50:46.349-05:00If someone thinks God is "around" in any...If someone thinks God is "around" in any real sense at all (however unstraightforward) then they think there are truths about God that rule out other possibilities. So fine--they do believe in God. What Ariel is saying is that you could count as believing in God even though you think the "truths" you "believe" don't rule out contradictory possibilities. For Jean Kazeznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-89462018524356743692010-09-17T12:39:37.126-05:002010-09-17T12:39:37.126-05:00I think that "true" is a bit more flexib...I think that "true" is a bit more flexible than you let on here. There are some truths that are clearly relative. For example: for me it is true that beer tastes good. For others this is not true. So true for me. Not true for my wife. <br /><br />Now there will be immediate complaints: making historical claims about the intervention in time by God is not like the experiential reality Faustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-69968711730006733632010-09-16T16:44:00.869-05:002010-09-16T16:44:00.869-05:00Anonymous-- For me it is easy to be an atheist wit...Anonymous-- For me it is easy to be an atheist with a certain amount of Jewish life. Both things are important to me and I find the tension between them nothing but intriguing.<br /><br />Giving kids some Jewish life, even though they live in a very skeptical household is harder. The literalness of early religious education is a big impediment, though. You don't want your kids being misled, Jean Kazeznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-29103615626065224042010-09-16T13:39:26.794-05:002010-09-16T13:39:26.794-05:00email follow-upemail follow-ups. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-70798608663915695332010-09-16T13:38:52.327-05:002010-09-16T13:38:52.327-05:00Most people are astonishingly skillful at comparti...Most people are astonishingly skillful at compartimentalizing their thoughts: religion is that compartiment of the mind where many people take a vacation from reason and science. Otherwise, the same people, at least educated people in developed countries, think scientifically and reasonably. <br /><br /><br />I don't think that the fuzziness about the concept of truth in liberal s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-22742703823211097412010-09-16T12:18:57.267-05:002010-09-16T12:18:57.267-05:00This is fascinating. I've been struggling late...This is fascinating. I've been struggling lately with my Jewish heritage/identity and how I want to raise my kids. I don't believe in God at all yet am very much Jewish ("culturally" I guess is how it's referred to). Is it dishonest to raise my (purely hypothetical) kids as fully Jewish, going to Sunday and Hebrew School, Jewish summer camp (where I met my husband), youth Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com