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Post #1197415

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chyron8472
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Religion
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Date created
17-Apr-2018, 5:34 PM

ZigZig said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

“I have trouble expressing what I’m thinking.”

^

see also:

chyron8472 said:

ZigZig said:

chyron8472 said:

Nuance is difficult for me in a text-only setting.

FTFY

Yes.

“Ce qui se conçoit bien s’énonce clairement” (Nicolas Boileau)

or, in English : “What is clearly thought out is clearly expressed”.

So maybe this whole idea of “I’m 100% sure that God exists but I cannot explain clearly why” is not as clearly thought as you say it is…

There’s a difference between forming an opinion, and being asked to explain why one has that opinion or how one arrived at it. I certainly know more than enough to say I’m not parroting someone else’s belief, but have arrived at my own. Plus, I haven’t actually tried to explain why I believe what I do to someone who doesn’t take me at my word.

Just because I haven’t formulated an explanation of events, ideas, and experiences that have led me to hold my opinion, and in a manner that might sway a skeptic into at least believing that I believe what I say, that doesn’t necessarily invalidate my opinion.