1. The belief in God gives practical life benefits.
2.All beliefs that give practical life benefits are pragmatically justifiable.
So
3. The belief in God is pragmatically justifiable.
William James
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Question:
Does believing in God give practical benefits? Millions of people have been murdered in religious wars.
Issue:
We find "practical" in the subject and "pragmatical" (another word for practical) in the predicate. Read and consider 'All beliefs that blacken something are justified by the color black.'
It seemst similar to A=A. Meaningless.
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I am fairly familiar with William James, but I have never seen this before? I know he argues as to whether or not someone should decide if they believe in God because of its effect on that individuals life. Where does this specific claim come from???
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