http://christiandoubt.com/2008/12/31/devil%e2%80%99s-advocate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=devil%25e2%2580%2599s-advocate thoughts from someone dealing with doubt Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:30:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://christiandoubt.com/2008/12/31/devil%e2%80%99s-advocate/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Ashton Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:08:26 +0000 http://christiandoubt.com/?p=99#comment-67 "It is so easy to just accept what the author says as fact. It is much harder to dig into the footnotes, to look up references, to read the other side of a debate." Thanks for saying this--I'm glad I'm not the only one who is tempted to believe every book that presents information "convincingly and eloquently." It is good to be reminded to think critically and respond with a mind open to both sides of an issue. “It is so easy to just accept what the author says as fact. It is much harder to dig into the footnotes, to look up references, to read the other side of a debate.” Thanks for saying this–I’m glad I’m not the only one who is tempted to believe every book that presents information “convincingly and eloquently.” It is good to be reminded to think critically and respond with a mind open to both sides of an issue.

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