Religious conviction subordinates empirical evidence for committed punitive practitioners

Evidence

The book’s documentation of this tradition’s internal theological logic is essential background for understanding why the counter-tradition argument must engage on theological terms rather than empirical terms alone: the punitive strand’s most committed practitioners are not unaware of the evidence but are operating within a framework in which the evidence’s authority is subordinate to scriptural obligation. — , The Rod and the Child, 10938

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader literature on why evidence-based arguments fail against theological frameworks — parallels the intelligent-design debate and vaccine opposition research. — connects to: Pentecostal deliverance rituals inflict torture-scale harm on accused children. — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 4623; The religious-liberty argument for corporal punishment is inherently evidence-resistant. — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 9374; Maintaining core moral beliefs requires faith, not causal explanation — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 896 (+3 more)
• SEED: Essay angle: ‘the authority of evidence is culturally subordinate’ — why data campaigns fail against scriptural obligation, and what engaging on theological terms actually requires.

Related

• The religious-liberty argument for corporal punishment is inherently evidence-resistant. (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Maintaining core moral beliefs requires faith, not causal explanation #corroborates (0.60) — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 896