The only way to subscribe to both rationality and theistic religion is compartmentalization
What do you mean by compartmentalization, then, if it’s not a bad thing? Sounds to me like it’s sacrificing internal consistency.
The question, though, is whether there is anything that could ever cause you to lower your estimate of the probability that your religion is correct. If the answer is no, then you’re not being rational right off the bat, and your quest is doomed.
That’s true. I actively go looking for things that might challenge my faith, and come out stronger because of it. That’s partly why I’m here.
compartmentalization IS a bad thing if you care about internal consistency and absolute truth. It’s a great thing if you want to hold multiple useful beliefs that contradict each other. You might be happier and more productive, as I’m sure many are, believing that we should expect the world to work based on evidence except insofar as it conflicts with your religion, where it should work on faith.
Also premature decompartmentalizing can be dangerous. There are many sets of (at least mostly) true ideas where it’s a lot harder to reconcile them then to understand either individually.
What do you mean by compartmentalization, then, if it’s not a bad thing? Sounds to me like it’s sacrificing internal consistency.
That’s true. I actively go looking for things that might challenge my faith, and come out stronger because of it. That’s partly why I’m here.
compartmentalization IS a bad thing if you care about internal consistency and absolute truth. It’s a great thing if you want to hold multiple useful beliefs that contradict each other. You might be happier and more productive, as I’m sure many are, believing that we should expect the world to work based on evidence except insofar as it conflicts with your religion, where it should work on faith.
Also premature decompartmentalizing can be dangerous. There are many sets of (at least mostly) true ideas where it’s a lot harder to reconcile them then to understand either individually.