Which of the following is a problem with fideism?

A) Fideism allows that we can improve or revise our religious beliefs on the basis of reason.
B) Fideism gives us no way of knowing which religious beliefs we should hold as a matter of faith.
C) Believing something, in itself, shows that it is correct.
D) Fideism requires that you only believe religious claims when there is evidence supporting those claims.

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Rishat Bangarh · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  Fideism claims that religious beliefs can appropriately be held without evidence or perhaps even in the face of contrary evidence. As such it suffers from all the problems of not allowing us to revise religious beliefs based on evidence, providing no way to know which religious beliefs should be held on faith and that mere belief (even when based on faith) does not entail truth.

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