• Epistemic Equality,  Epistemic Obligation,  Religious Diversity

    Confidence is not Bigotry

    If a committed Christian arrives for her first year at college and is confronted with the plethora of religious and so-called non-religious belief systems is she obligated to take a step back and conduct a check on her own belief system? If so, what is it that makes such a religious self-check obligatory? What kind of check is required and by what standard? It seems intuitively probable that most people, given a particular upbringing and personal history, would be open to a cross examination of what they hold to be true. “Have I merely swallowed what my parents/youth pastor have taught me without sufficient critical thought? Should I at least consider the possibility that…