Ex. 2: I believe that a goddess is watching over me because it makes me feel better and helps me get through the day.
Just because believing it makes you feel better doesn’t make it true. Kids might feel better believing in Santa Claus, but that doesn’t make him actually exist.
But your answer here seems like a non-sequitur? The statement “I believe the goddess is watching over me because it makes me feel better” may be both a very true and very vulnerable statement.
And they’ve already stated the reason that they believe it is something OTHER than “it’s true.”
So why are you trying to argue about the truth value, in a way that may rob them of something they’ve just told you gets them through the day?
You may personally hold a standard for yourself like Beliefs Are For True Things, but trying to force it on others does NOT seem like a good example of “Arguing Well”.
But your answer here seems like a non-sequitur? The statement “I believe the goddess is watching over me because it makes me feel better” may be both a very true and very vulnerable statement.
And they’ve already stated the reason that they believe it is something OTHER than “it’s true.”
So why are you trying to argue about the truth value, in a way that may rob them of something they’ve just told you gets them through the day?
You may personally hold a standard for yourself like Beliefs Are For True Things, but trying to force it on others does NOT seem like a good example of “Arguing Well”.