Comment: Bertrand Russell observes that strongly held passionate opinions, especially regarding politicized or religious matters, are often lacking in rational justification or evidence. The intensity of feeling behind such beliefs paradoxically signals the lack of sound reasoning supporting them.The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder’s lack of rational conviction.
Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.
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