tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post110556497861019759..comments2024-03-23T07:33:30.972+00:00Comments on Quodlibeta: Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594220073836613367noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-1105681659277256422005-01-14T05:47:00.000+00:002005-01-14T05:47:00.000+00:00Martin Gardner is quoted in one of Shermer's books...Martin Gardner is quoted in one of Shermer's books :-<br /><br />'Fideism refers to believing something on the basis of faith, or emotional reasons rather than intellectual reasons. As a fideist I don't think there are any arguments that prove the existence of God or the immortality of the soul. More than that I think the better arguments are on the side of the atheists. So it is a case of quixotic emotional belief that really is against the evidence. If you have strong emotional reasons for metaphysical belief and it's not sharply contradicted by science or logical reasoning, you have a right to make a leap of faith if it provides sufficient satisfaction"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com