[MD] The End of Faith

[Platt Holden]

Hi Steve, 

[Steve]
> Harris doesn't say that reason is how we "gain" knowledge, he just says that
> our knowledge should stand to reason. In MOQ terms reason is just a synonym
> for intellectual quality. 
> 
> In evaluating whether faith is a good or bad thing we don't need to define
> what intellectual quality is or prove the "validity of reason." We only need
> to say that it is bad to believe things that are of low intellectual quality
> which in MOQ terms is obvious.

Seems you have defined intellectual quality by saying it and reason are 
synonyms. I don't see how you can judge something is of low intellectual 
quality if you can't define what intellectual quality is or, after defining 
it, showing why it's valid. Finally, do we accept MOQ terms on faith? I 
would say, "Yes." It's basic premise -- the world is a moral order -- is 
hardly rational or empirical, i.e., subject to scientific confirmation. 

Regards,
Platt