Is it Wrong To Believe without evidence?
A Response to William Clifford ( Click Here to read the original text) William Clifford makes some pretty strong claims against those that hold to any sort of belief with insufficient evidence. It would be best to respond to him by breaking down his argument into two parts: First, he claims that one cannot begin to believe something until there is sufficient evidence and second, one should challenge all that they already believe . These are the two points that I will address below. The first of the two assumptions made by Clifford is that no one should begin to hold to a belief until they have weighed all the evidence. He says that this is our “duty to mankind”, and by believing in something with insufficient evidence you affect many around you into believing this false accusation.” He says that the word belief “is rightly used on truths which have been established by long experience and waiting toil , and which have stood in the fierce light of free and fearless questioning....