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Better an uncomfortable truth than a comfortable lie? What say you?

Atheist3 7 Nov 6
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An uncomfortable truth 100%

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I think truth is always preferable.

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I think that there is an impossible gulf, between believers and sceptics, not in the quality of thinking but in its style, which could never be bridged. Because the sceptic approaches truth, thinking that. "It will be best won if I do not care how much discomfort and loss of joy the winning of it requires." While the religious believer approaches it, thinking that. "Truth is that which brings me the greatest joy and comfort, and confirms my beliefs."

So skeptics don't care how much pain the truth causes, but isn't that better in the end? Should delusional (magical) thinking be entertained just b/c it makes someone feel good?

@Atheist3 Quite.

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I generally say 'sugar coating leads to truth decay' 😛

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