Re:The war on disinformation is a war on dissent
by jacquesm on Saturday February 06, 2021 @03:37PM
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And that's exactly the problem right there.
Islamists and Christians will disagree on this because they feel that 'their set of facts' is the one true set.
But the fact is: both of these positions have very poor support, which is why theology is not a branch of science. That a lot of people believe this and that those people can subvert democracy to give their 'alternative realities' preferential treatment is one of the major reasons most forms of government try hard to keep religion out of government. This usually doesn't succeed 100% but at least they recognize that there is something not ok about this.
Re:The war on disinformation is a war on dissent
by dragonwriter on Saturday February 06, 2021 @04:19PM
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> Islamists and Christians
Islamist:Islam::Dominionist: Christianity
not
Islamist:Islam::Christian::Christianity
Re:The war on disinformation is a war on dissent
by carapace on Saturday February 06, 2021 @04:05PM
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Hey, did you ever read Robert Anton Wilson's "Quantum Psychology"? I could be off-base but I think you'd really like it.
Re:The war on disinformation is a war on dissent
by jacquesm on Saturday February 06, 2021 @05:51PM
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I haven't thank you for the pointer, on the reading list.
Re:The war on disinformation is a war on dissent
by hddh7373 on Saturday February 06, 2021 @02:11PM
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Your example is not a “fact” in the sense of Christian cannon / dogma. What you are referring to is an article of faith. Faith is belief in something that cannot observed or proven to be true.
The distinction between faith and fact is an important tenet of Christianity.
8) God is the One True God and Jesus Christ is His Son.
Depending on the year you use to measure, ~65% of Americans believe this. It is a "fact" in the GP's sense of the word. So much so, that we have actual laws that derive from the chain of conclusions that stem from it. These laws arose under the normal processes of democratic institutions and free speech. When something is believed by the majority of people, it becomes a de facto fact.