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Author Topic:   What Does Critical Thinking Mean To You?
anglagard
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Message 47 of 339 (721958)
03-13-2014 11:57 PM
Reply to: Message 45 by Faith
03-13-2014 5:03 PM


Blanche DuBois
Faith writes:
I could get interested in such a question but not in an environment where I'm surrounded by people who've decided a priori that I'm stupid because I'm a creationist and believe in God.
I think I can speak for most the people here, you are certainly not considered stupid bur rather intentionally evasive. Have you considered a career in law or politics?
I believe in God, but I also know creationism is an insult to both God and humanity. Why you may ask?
Because I believe in the works of God over the words of men.
To me, the sole route to knowing the mind of God is through the study of nature, given the gifts the deity has bestowed -- mathematics and natural science.
That being said, let's get back to the actual topic of this thread.
Over the years, I have found that teaching by example is best.
Therefore I humbly provide you with some examples of what I think critical thinking means:
I do not know for certain if what I experience is a reasonable model of reality, my senses may be limited or I may even be part of a computer simulation.
I do not know if mathematics is from some eternal truth about the universe, or if it is a form of shorthand invented by humans in order to have a language to discuss reality.
I do not know if Faith is a real person or a creation of Percy to simply keep this website going.
I do not know if God exists, or is a fiction born of authority, from parent to state. What I do know is there appears to be a general human need to believe in something greater than themselves, be it true or not.
All I have, and for that matter, all anyone has, is evidence, for or against, objective or subjective.
I believe in God and here is a decent excuse from the poet Keats - 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'
I simply agree with the first part, and totally disagree with the second. As Dean of Libraries, my job is to know as much as possible.
So, in the end Faith, stop playing the martyr card, it is beneath you.

Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. - Francis Bacon

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