Does Birthplace Determine Religion? | Professor Tomas Bogardus
The Thomistic Institute
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The Influence of Birthplace on Religious Beliefs
The chapter explores the argument that birthplace determines religious beliefs and discusses various counterexamples and the self-defeat problem in this inference. It also addresses the allegations made by skeptics regarding religious beliefs and introduces the bare counterfactual argument. The formation of religious beliefs through childhood education and socialization, as well as the notion of religious beliefs being considered true by accident rather than knowledge, are also discussed.
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