DJP wrote:I’m not sure that a

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DJP wrote:

I’m not sure that a person that believes in anything without evidence would make a good party member anyhow. We need people who can critically understand the world and not get led along by conmen with their own agendas.

 I understand your point but that in itself is not quite true either. Science and the scientific theory has people who perhaps believe in things without proof, but they set out to find that evidence. Most ideas and theories are just that: belief in something without evidence. The scientific method then sets out to find and document that evidence to establish the belief as fact, before reviewing the evidence with peers who may try and provide evidence to disprove it at first until some accepted understanding is regarded as fact.I think the difference between this and religion, is that nothing moves beyond the belief part and to that end it is wrong and open to abuse as noted. However, belief in something without evidence is not of itself a guide to a person being a poor Party member; it is their understanding and ability to put that belief to test and to keep it in context I would say. I mean it could be argued that we all believe in Socialism but we have no evidence other than theory to suggest it works……