And yet most Christians will be offended if you retort that they have "blind faith."

No world view is founded on proof. We've already covered in other threads that even science doesn't deal with proof, it deals with evidence and probability: theories to explain things in nature we don't fully understand.

As such, whatever one believes -- even if he believes humanity doesn't have the answers -- is going to be based on some degree of subjectivity. Even evolution requires "faith." Maybe not as much as the various religious, but you still have to believe the evidence is conclusive, you still have to believe that the scientists who actually know what the heck they're talking about haven't had a lapse in judgment when they tell you what to believe.

It's a matter of having reached a threshold where you say "the evidence != 100% proof, but I choose to believe anyway, and trust that it's true." I believe Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, and I believe in time dialation and that stars are giant balls of flaming substances. I've witnessed none of the above.

Being subjective choice, faith is heavily subject to bias. It takes place on the intuitive level, and intuition, amazing powerhouse of human genious though it be, is largely emotional and unguided by strict reasoning.

Everyone has faith. We just have faith in different things, some more absurd then others.

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