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In 1896, American philosopher William James had written about the will to believe, and Russell uses this as a foil to express his own opposite position. James claimed that even without (or with conflicting) evidence, one might still simply choose to believe in a thing—he cites Christianity—simply because one thinks the belief has beneficial ...
(Russell Howard/Youtube) "It was like, ‘you won’t believe the shocking reason why’. We all do that with clickbait. It’s ‘you won’t believe what Piers Morgan said’ and then you click ...
The Will to Believe" is a lecture by William James, first published in 1896, [1] which defends, in certain cases, the adoption of a belief without prior evidence of its truth. In particular, James is concerned in this lecture about defending the rationality of religious faith even lacking sufficient evidence of religious truth.
Russell's final revision of his predictions was to identify 1918 as the new terminus. [5] [26] The shift was based on the reasoning that the period of the Jews' favor may have lasted until 73 CE (the date of the Zealots' mass suicide at Masada), rather than 70 CE. For the modern-day parallel, the adjustment meant the conclusion of the 40-year ...
Russell Brand will no longer be able to make money from his YouTube videos after the video platform suspended his channel’s ability to generate revenue from advertising.. YouTube confirmed in an ...
The Bible Student movement is a Millennialist [1] Restorationist Christian movement. It emerged in the United States from the teachings and ministry of Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916), also known as Pastor Russell, and his founding of the Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society in 1881.
From the looming specter of Project 2025 − a policy blueprint drafted in part by white supremacists that Antifa believe threatens vulnerable communities across the country − to Trump’s open ...
Afterwards, he asks Russell to try and make an original video. Russell sees Lumpy, Petunia and Giggles singing the theme song at a live performance. Russell tries to record it, but is told by the narrator that even a live performance is still protected by copyright. He uploads a video called 'Russell's Remix', which is Russell's remix of Lumpy ...