Re: classification of types of faith

Posted by BeardedLady on October 19, 2002, at 7:51:19

In reply to Re: classification of types of faith, posted by Dr. Bob on October 18, 2002, at 22:21:40

> > Regarding "damn-the-evidence" faith, think of this. Are those who believe the emperor is not naked (which he clearly is) but is instead wearing clothing made of a special cloth exhibiting pure faith? Or are they misguided?
>
> "Pure" faith that others consider misguided?
Well, not really. If the emperor's naked and folks have faith that the person who told them he was clothed was telling the truth, isn't that misguided, since the truth is...
Okay, better with this: two plus two is not three, no matter how much faith you have that it is.
So it's not simply misguided to others, is it?

> So the question is whether there's evidence that there's no god? Beats me, now you're out of my area of expertise. :-)
Oh, yeah. Outta mine, too!
beardy

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