Comments on: Why Smart People Disagree http://booksmoore.com/2009/09/17/why-smart-people-disagree/ The personal blog of Chad Allen Moore. Tue, 01 May 2012 18:18:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jasondulle http://booksmoore.com/2009/09/17/why-smart-people-disagree/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:19:59 +0000 http://booksmoore.com/?p=633#comment-184 This is so true. Just recently at my blog I’ve been dialoguing with someone who questions the cogency of William Lane Craig’s arguments because they persuade more believers than unbelievers. I tried making this same point to him. I think the biggest issue is prejudicial bias, or what I would call volitional bias. People can be quite stubborn on certain matters. They have a conclusion in search of an argument. They will do whatever hand-waiving is necessary to dismiss arguments against their position, and whatever smoke-in-mirrors trick is necessary to convince themselves and/or others that what they believe is true is actually true. Of course, Christians can be guilty of the same thing!

Jason

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