Exact(3)
What is more important in this context is that it does little to persuade believers either.
But we don't want to persuade believers out of belief any more than we want them to persuade us into it.
More's chief purpose in the book was to persuade believers that there are only a few essential doctrines of the Church, all other details of one's faith being indifferent to one's salvation, and that all that was required of a good Christian was to recognise and adhere to these essentials.
Similar(57)
And while its advocates do not typically emphasize the point, the DRR permits secular citizens to articulate religious reasons that will persuade religious believers to accept the secular citizens' favored coercive laws (for reservations about this practice, see Audi 1997, 135-37 on "leveraging reasons". See also Schwartzman 2014).
These explanations, however respectful, won't persuade a believer that her visions are imaginary, just as "Heaven Is for Real" will never convert an atheist.
Less known is another great summa, Summa Contra Gentiles, where he sought to persuade non-believers using purely rational arguments for Christian doctrine.
Indeed, he was not so much interested in persuading honest believers to abandon their beliefs as in shaming an already agnostic century into admitting the depths of its uncertainty.
Now Green, 42, has taken on an arguably bigger challenge: persuading non-believers that Hull is worthy of its title of 2017 UK city of culture.
We need to persuade the "non-believers" of the relevance of environmental health sciences to human health.
Sales linguistics can help us understand how they turn skeptics into believers and persuade prospective customers to buy.
How do you turn doubters into believers, persuading them to spend time managing others?
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com