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#865 Neil Van Leeuwen - Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity

The Dissenter

CHAPTER

Differences between Religious Credence and Factual Belief

This chapter discusses the distinctions between religious credence and factual belief, highlighting four important differences: voluntariness, compartmentalization, inference drawing, and evidential vulnerability. The speaker argues that while some religious beliefs may have descriptive content, the way individuals relate to these beliefs is not the same as factual beliefs.

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