It occurs to me that the various points of view on the meaning of faith are leading to all sorts of generalizations we're making about the word, ourselves, and others. A lot of projection going on:
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Originally Posted by SigmaX  And yet most Christians will be offended if you retort that they have "blind faith." |
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Originally Posted by Bnonn genuine Christian faith |
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Originally Posted by Bnonn You have misunderstood both faith and rationality. Science is not rational; |
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Originally Posted by Bnonn Faith, on the other hand (and I am talking about biblical faith) is a justified and true belief in God's promise. |
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Originally Posted by yaaarrrgg faith could be defined as "belief without sufficient evidence." |
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Originally Posted by koshatnik Religious types always use the same excuse |
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Originally Posted by kristjan Faith is a silliness |
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Originally Posted by Bnonn You may have spoken to many religious people, but you have not evidently spoken to any Christians (or, at least, certainly not any mature or educated ones) |
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Originally Posted by PaulFHX ...nobody is saying that science comes up with 100% truth. |
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Originally Posted by Bnonn ...many people say that science comes up with 100% truth... science is, in fact, all about being wrong |
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Originally Posted by utabintarbo christians had redefined the word to suit their puposes |
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Originally Posted by Bnonn The term faith has been redefined by both anti-intellectual religious types and anti-religious intellectual types; |
If we admit that the definition of faith seems to be a little different for each of us, will it help us to get to the core of the issue?
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