could i cite it as an unbiased source to back up my beliefs?
2007-06-07 10:25:18 · 14 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Only if it said it was true
2007-06-07 10:27:48 · answer #1 · answered by rosbif 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The nature of beliefs is subjective and therefore biased. You would not be able to use a book outlining personal beliefs as unbiased. The only 'unbiased' source you could use would be a book outlining the basics of a belief and the way it was practiced. Never the why, only the how.
2007-06-07 17:28:51 · answer #2 · answered by rc_gromit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not an unbiased source, no. When did that ever stop someone from putting a book in the bibliography, however?
2007-06-07 19:52:06 · answer #3 · answered by auntb93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, not an unbiased source. Maybe a source, but that would be a little redundant.
2007-06-07 17:28:10 · answer #4 · answered by Greg L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you wrote a book on your beliefsit would be on the side of a chiense resturant takeout menu.
LOL just kidding. You left it open!
2007-06-07 17:28:21 · answer #5 · answered by momof3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah.... the Argument from Within... excellent!
I think the irony would be lost on the Jesus folk. 39 of us can get together and combine semi similar material.
2007-06-07 17:30:57 · answer #6 · answered by Shawn B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably... Especially if 39 other people all started writing books on their beliefs, independant of yours, and they all lined up perfectly.
2007-06-07 17:29:31 · answer #7 · answered by zoeboxcat 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I suppose you could. It would likely fool a lot of people. Especially if you used a pseudonym.
2007-06-07 17:27:38 · answer #8 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You should first have people who believe that you are trustworthy and then from then on it might or might not work.
2007-06-09 21:33:57 · answer #9 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe if it predicted the future. Then you could say, I told you so.
2007-06-07 17:29:14 · answer #10 · answered by The GMC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋