Belief--A Matter of Judgement

Belief plays a big part in our lives--belief in the supernatural, belief in institutions, belief that others will be responsible in their actions; and beliefs beyond belief. We are going to vote on another Supreme Court judge and his beliefs will be ignored, yet his beliefs reflect on his judgement now and in the future. For what we believe reflect on our abilities to make judgements. "Faith", believing in something without substantive evidence, casts doubt on the believers ability to make judgements and when you consider that a Supreme Court Judge makes probably the most profound judgements that impact everyone's lives, that should make people more careful in their choices. Alito is Catholic. This is a religion where the religious heiarchy dictate to their congregations what to believe and accept as gospel. Questions of doctrine are left to the clergy to sort out and define. Is our U.S. law now going to be subject to Catholic interpretation? Is judicial judgement going to be defined by doctrine and the Catholic clergy? How can we be sure of someone's judgement when they believe in the supernatural when there is no evidence for it and their own source, the Bible, is so error prone and contradictory that there is no one doctrine that everyone can agree on? The Bible (See my essay on Jesus the Messiah? at tiltingatsacredcows.com) itself proves that Jesus was not the Messiah; because of his statement about "the sign of Jonah"; yet Christians lie to themselves and others about Jesus. When people have a belief, after careful consideration of all the "facts", and realize that what they believe has flaws, subject to revision or refutation, then I am comfortable in their abilities to make judgements.