How can we be sure that all religions are wrong?

No. You are partially honest about your own ignorance, but have no grounds to extrapolate to others.

And as you well know, the accusation of dishonesty is likely to be an excuse for your own indolence.

You may BELIEVE others are being dishonest but you shot yourself in the foot when you made the ridiculous claim that "you don't do beliefs".

but I can assure you that I am not indolent

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but I can assure you that I am not indolent

Pull the other one O Paragon of Honesty !

I do not do believing…and there is nothing ridiculous about that claim.

Frank Apisa wrote:

I do not do believing…and there is nothing ridiculous about that claim.

Then what do you call your belief that conservatism is a blight upon the earth?

And how do you differentiate between an opinion and a belief? Roget's Thesaurus doesn't.

It's nice for you that you get to cling to your "I don't do beliefs" simply because you don't use the word.

So, if a racist never says he hates blacks he is entilted to say that he doesn't hate blacks?

BELIEF:

1. an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.
•something one accepts as true or real; a firmly held opinion or conviction.

synonyms: opinion, view, conviction, judgment, thinking, way of thinking, idea, impression, theory, conclusion, notion

2. trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something.

OPINION:

a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

synonyms: belief, judgment, thought(s), (way of) thinking, mind, (point of) view, viewpoint, outlook, attitude, stance, position, perspective, persuasion, standpoint.

What's the difference frank?

Frank Apisa. So you're telling us all you do not believe you are wearing what looks to be a red shirt in the picture you have displayed for this site?

If Frank were not so indolent, he might READ that negotiation of the meanings of words is normal, but entirely relative to communicative contexts. His naive realistic mindset (epitomised by his phrase "what IS-IS) is what he seeks to impose within all his communications. Mindsets like his function exactly like the "religion" which he ironically projects onto others because they ultimately rest on absolutes (like "what IS-IS" or "I don't do beliefs"). His self confessed "limited ability"fuels his reticence about reading and prevents him getting a handle on all this. So he has no alternative but to take cover in his self constructed bunker with occasional forays against the world of philosophical inquiry waving his banner emblazoned in naive realistic-ese "you are only guessing!".

Oh, Fresco...you are so brilliant...and all of us who do not subscribe to the tenets of your religion are so dim.

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Oh, Fresco...you are so brilliant...and all of us who do not subscribe to the tenets of your religion are so dim.

Frank do you think there could be a possibility of Fresco being correct in much of what he shares?

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Frank has no idea that his the words "right" and "wrong" are part of his mindset which assumes the applicability of the "correspondence theory of truth" to philosophical paradigms. The very idea of "theories of truth" is off the radar for him because the integrity of his evangelical position of would be undermined by it. He cannot understand that " correct" can at best mean "coherent" at the philosophical level.
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