Thread: What is faith?
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Old 05-19-2007   #55 (permalink)
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Default Re: What is faith?

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Originally Posted by JoshJ
Science is eminently justified in its beliefs because science is based upon evidence and backed up with experiments. The formula for the gravity of a planet has been backed up with evidence that g=-9.807 m/s^2.
I don't think you know what you're saying. What evidence do you have which justifies the belief in the uniformity of nature? More to the point, what evidence do you have that your evidence is evidence? What evidence do you have that your idea of evidence is correct? And what evidence would justify that evidence?

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Originally Posted by utabintarbo
Redefining terms to mean the opposite of what they have always meant is not a productive method of argument. It only fools the weak-minded. Perhaps this is your target market, eh?
What terms did I redefine?

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Originally Posted by bns
Neither science nor religion is objective/subjective at all. They're just disciplines. People are objective or not. Most people are not very objective when they talk about either science or religion, but they may be objective about either.
People cannot be objective by definition, since they are subjective creatures. The only possible source of objectivity would be a universal and transcendent knowledge-giver (as opposed to knowledge-receiver).
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