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#2A THE TRUE BELIEVER My faith in what I believe is free from doubt. If you'd had my experience, you'd also believe! I understand what it is to be a Believer. I like to think of myself as devoted to a noble cause in the fight for justice or search for Truth. I too can overcome obstacles through courage, persistence, and Shining Purity. I define who I am, magnify my identity, and recognize my enemies through my crusades. (Note: Faith is used here in a broadly defined spiritual context. Critics say true believers have an "excess of certitude" and / or cite their “irrational persistence” in holding “untenable beliefs.”) |
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More to Explore --Worldview Theme #2A: The True Believer |
| Philosophical Isms (information on 220 philosophical, political, or moral doctrines or belief systems) |
| This I Believe (home page of NPR program 2005-2009 revival of 1950's program hosted by Edward R. Murrow) |
| List of Over 500 Human Values (with links) |
| The Faith Angle Forum ("aims to strengthen reporting and commentary on how religious believers...affect American politics and public life.") |
| Eric Hoffer (author: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements; The Passionate State of Mind, and others) |
| The True Believer Revisited, by Tim Madigan (article from Philosophy Now) |
| true-believer syndrome (from skepdic.com) |
| The Fixation of Belief, by Charles Sanders Peirce (classic essay) |
| Absolute Certainty: The Grip of Belief, by Terry Walstrom (confessions of a former religious true believer) |
| Truth: A Guide, by Simon Blackburn (read portions of this book on Google Books website) |
| The Truth Contest ("seeking answers to the big questions of life, the truth about life and death") |
| Belief: What it Means to Believe and Why Our Convictions Are So Compelling by James Alcock (more from Amazon on this 2018 Prometheus Books offering) |
| “Reflective Beliefs” by Hugo Mercier (Essay 2017 contribution to Edge.org) |
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Knowledge--A Very Short Introduction by Jennifer Nagel (book review by Steven Poole The Guardian Oct 2014) |
| Denial: Self Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind by Ajit Varki & Danny Brower (link to author’s UCSD website with excerpts, reviews of this 2013 book) |
| The Righteous Mind -- Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt (New York Times 2012 book review by William Saletan) |
| The Believing Brain by Michael Shermer (read excerpts of this 2011 book) |
| Responsible Thinking by Bob Korn (an online book about critical thinking and the problem of false beliefs) |
| The Faith Instinct by Nicholas Wade (2009 book re: "how religion evolved and why it endures") |
| "Are These Uncertain Times Drawing Us Into a Cycle of Dogma and Prejudice?" (Jan 25 2017 research report) |
| The Evolution of the West: How Christianity Has Shaped Our Values by Nick Spencer (book review from The Economist November 5 2016) |
| "A Candid Welcome" by Meg Riley (spring 2012 article on ten religious beliefs that divide people) |
| The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science by Chris Mooney (April 2011 Mother Jones article) |
| The Biology of Belief, by Jeffrey Kluger (article from Time February 23, 2009) |
| Do Religious Leaders Believe Their Religion? by Ken Perrott (July 2007 article w/ links to related ones) |
| All About the Journey (how a "practicing atheist" became a true believer--a book by Randall Niles and whole website) |
| Popper's Inversion / Leaving Truth (website of "hard-core empiricists...with an axe to grind" that questions "why we believe" in thoughtful way) |
| What is Faith? (essay on Progressive Humanism website) |
| Evolving God: A Provocative View of the Origins of Religion, Barbara J. King (review of this 2007 book ) |
| noble causes to make the world a better place that need support |
| Common Dreams (progressive slant) |
| Reasons to Believe (Christian slant) |
| Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America by John Avlon (review of 2010 book) |
| The Purpose Driven Life (website of book from Christian author, Rick Warren) |
| Stages of Faith Development (a Unitarian Universalist religious education handout) |
| "The greatest threat to civility is...an excess of certitude" (from "The Oddness of Everything", by George Will, in Newsweek) |
| Beliefnet.com (offers a spiritual approach to your daily health and happiness) |
| When Faiths Collide, by Martin E. Marty (a call to embrace religious pluralism by U. of Chicago professor) |
| Love the Contradictions, by Robert Hardies (UU perspective) |
| Skeptics and True Believers: The Exhilarating Connection Between Science and Religion, by Chet Raymo |
| quotes related to belief |
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seen
everything. "
from Coming of Age in the Global Village,
by
Stephen P. Cook, with Donella H. Meadows.