Lesson 6-Groundless beliefs Part Five Extension W BTE ENTER
Lesson 6—Groundless Beliefs W B T L E Part Five ENTER
Lesson 6-Groundless beliefs Extension contents I。 Oral Work鲁 。 Quotes III Poem IV. Supplementary Reading V. Quiz W B T E
Lesson 6—Groundless Beliefs W B T L E Extension I. Oral Work II. Quotes III. Poem IV. Supplementary Reading V. Quiz
Lesson 6-Groundless beliefs I. Oral work 1. Give some examples of funny or bizarre childhood beliefs, collection of ideas that adults thought were true when they were children. It will remind you what it was like to be a child, fascinated and horrified by the world in equal parts. 2. Differences between thinking with beliefs and thinking without beliefs W BTE The end of oral work
Lesson 6—Groundless Beliefs W B T L E I. Oral Work 1. Give some examples of funny or bizarre childhood beliefs, collection of ideas that adults thought were true when they were children. It will remind you what it was like to be a child, fascinated and horrified by the world in equal parts. 2. Differences between thinking with beliefs and thinking without beliefs The end of Oral Work
Lesson 6-Groundless beliefs II. Quotes(on Irony) o The trouble with most folks is not so much their ignorance, as their " knowing"so many The following things which aint so. Josh Billings three quotations o He who cannot reason is a fool: he who will are from A, E not is a bigot; he who dare not is a slave. W. Mander's book, Drummond Logic for the Millions 0 Every argument that has been used to justify the teaching of grammar may be applied with greater cogency to the teaching of logic. If it is desirable that a person shall speak correctly, it is much more desirable that he shall think correctly. Ballard W BTE The end of Quotes
Lesson 6—Groundless Beliefs W B T L E II. Quotes (on Irony) The end of Quotes. The trouble with most folks is not so much their ignorance, as their "knowing" so many things which ain't so. Josh Billings He who cannot reason is a fool; he who will not is a bigot; he who dare not is a slave. W. Drummond Every argument that has been used to justify the teaching of grammar may be applied with greater cogency to the teaching of logic. If it is desirable that a person shall speak correctly, it is much more desirable that he shall think correctly. Ballard The following three quotations are from A. E. Mander's book, Logic for the Millions
Lesson 6-Groundless beliefs III Poem They Were Welcome to Their Belief-Robert Frost Grief may have thought it was grief. Care may have thought it was care. They were welcome to their belief, The overimportant pair. No, it took all the snows that clung To the low roof over his bed, Beginning when he was young, To induce the one snow on his head W BTE To be continued on the next page
Lesson 6—Groundless Beliefs W B T L E III. Poem They Were Welcome to Their Belief—Robert Frost Grief may have thought it was grief. Care may have thought it was care. They were welcome to their belief, The overimportant pair. No, it took all the snows that clung To the low roof over his bed, Beginning when he was young, To induce the one snow on his head. To be continued on the next page
Lesson 6-Groundless beliefs III Poem But whenever the roof came white The head in the dark below Was a shade less the color of night A shade more the color of snow Grief may have thought it was grief. Care may have thought it was care. But neither one was the thief of his raven color of hair. W BTE To be continued on the next page
Lesson 6—Groundless Beliefs W B T L E To be continued on the next page. III. Poem But whenever the roof camme white The head in the dark below Was a shade less the color of night, A shade more the color of snow. Grief may have thought it was grief. Care may have thought it was care. But neither one was the thief Of his raven color of hair
Lesson 6-Groundless beliefs III Poem About the poet Frost, Robert(1874-1963), American poet, who drew his images from the New England countryside and his language from New England speech. Although Frost's images and voice often seem familiar and old his observations have an edge of skepticism and irony that make his work, upon rereading, never as old-fashioned, easy, or carefree as it first appears. In being both traditional and skeptical, Frost's poetry helped provide a link between the American poetry of the 19th century and that of the 20th century. See also American Literature: Poetry. W BTE The end of poem
Lesson 6—Groundless Beliefs W B T L E About the poet Frost, Robert (1874—1963), American poet, who drew his images from the New England countryside and his language from New England speech. Although Frost’s images and voice often seem familiar and old, his observations have an edge of skepticism and irony that make his work, upon rereading, never as old-fashioned, easy, or carefree as it first appears. In being both traditional and skeptical, Frost’s poetry helped provide a link between the American poetry of the 19th century and that of the 20th century. See also American Literature: Poetry. III. Poem The end of Poem
Lesson 6-Groundless beliefs IV. Supplementary Reading The problems with beliefs by Jim Walker People have slaughtered each other in wars, inquisitions, and political actions for centuries and still kill each other over beliefs in religions, political ideologies, and philosophies. These belief-systems when stated as proposItions, may appear mystical and genuine to the naive but when confronted with a testable bases from reason and experiment they fail miserably. I maintain that beliefs create more social problems than they solve and that beliefs, and especially those elevated to faith, produce the most destructive potential to the future of humankind W BTE To be continued on the next page
Lesson 6—Groundless Beliefs W B T L E People have slaughtered each other in wars, inquisitions, and political actions for centuries and still kill each other over beliefs in religions, political ideologies, and philosophies. These belief-systems, when stated as propositions, may appear mystical, and genuine to the naive, but when confronted with a testable bases from reason and experiment, they fail miserably. I maintain that beliefs create more social problems than they solve and that beliefs, and especially those elevated to faith, produce the most destructive potential to the future of humankind. IV. Supplementary Reading To be continued on the next page. The problems with beliefs by Jim Walker
Lesson 6-Groundless beliefs IV. Supplementary Reading Throughout history, humankind has paid reverence to beliefs and mystical thinking Organized religion has played the most significant role in the support and propagation of beliefs and faith. This has resulted in an acceptance of beliefs in general. Regardless of how one may reject religion, religious support of supernatural events gives credence to other superstitions in general and the support of faith(belief without evidence), mysticism, and miracles. Most scientists, politicians, philosophers, and even atheists support the notion that some forms of belief provide a valuable means to establish truth"as long as it contains the backing of data and facts. W BTE To be continued on the next page
Lesson 6—Groundless Beliefs W B T L E IV. Supplementary Reading Throughout history, humankind has paid reverence to beliefs and mystical thinking. Organized religion has played the most significant role in the support and propagation of beliefs and faith. This has resulted in an acceptance of beliefs in general. Regardless of how one may reject religion, religious support of supernatural events gives credence to other superstitions in general and the support of faith (belief without evidence), mysticism, and miracles. Most scientists, politicians, philosophers, and even atheists support the notion that some forms of belief provide a valuable means to establish “truth” as long as it contains the backing of data and facts. To be continued on the next page
Lesson 6-Groundless beliefs IV. Supplementary Reading Belief has long become a socially acceptable form of thinking in science as well as religion. aistockphoto: co Indeed once a proposition turns to belief, it automatically undermines opposition to itself. Dostoyevsky warned us that those who reject religion will end by drenching the earth in blood". But this represents a belief in-itself. Our history has shown that the blood letting has occurred mostly as a result of religions or other belief-systems, not from the people who reject them W BTE To be continued on the next page
Lesson 6—Groundless Beliefs W B T L E IV. Supplementary Reading Belief has long become a socially acceptable form of thinking in science as well as religion. Indeed, once a proposition turns to belief, it automatically undermines opposition to itself. Dostoyevsky warned us that those who reject religion “will end by drenching the earth in blood”. But this represents a belief in-itself. Our history has shown that the blood letting has occurred mostly as a result of religions or other belief-systems, not from the people who reject them. To be continued on the next page