Character flaw

[Ecurb Noselrub]

From wiki:
"A character flaw is a limitation, imperfection, problem, phobia, or deficiency present in a character who may be otherwise very functional. The flaw can be a problem that directly affects the character's actions and abilities, such as a violent temper. Alternatively, it can be a simple foible or personality defect, which affects the character's motives and social interactions, but little else."

Not using critical thinking faculties might result more from ignorance or lack of education than character.  People of minimal education can have good character, unless we depart from the normal use of that term. 

It would seem the ignorance or minimal education would fall under one or more of the attributes above.

But assuming, arguendo, that not using critical thinking skills is a character flaw, are you assuming that all religious faith results from the failure to think critically?  Just askin'.

Possibly. A persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary or no evidence at all or non-corroborated evidence seems to me to be a character flaw - if critical unbiased, unprejudiced thinking will assuage that belief. If not a character flaw, then some other flaw.

[Gawen]

A persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary or no evidence at all or non-corroborated evidence seems to me to be a character flaw - if critical unbiased, unprejudiced thinking will assuage that belief. If not a character flaw, then some other flaw.

Religious faith in general is not classified as psychotic under the standards set forth in the DSM IV, so I'm not seeing how you get from "religious faith" to "character flaw" under the above analysis.

I didn't say religious faith was a character flaw. I said "possibly."  But then...

Are you a psychologist or a psychiatrist?

Nope. Because I'm not either of those doesn't mean I can't talk about it.

This analysis suffers from the same flaw as Egor's argument about consciousness/reality.  It attempts to establish a point by definition and assumption.  There is no basis currently to categorize all religious faith as psychotic.

Perhaps not all religious faith, but certain types of it seems to me to fit the definition of "character flaw".

[Ecurb Noselrub]

Perhaps not all religious faith, but certain types of it seems to me to fit the definition of "character flaw".

Well, I think we can agree on that.