Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 12:12:18AM -0400, David Hobby wrote:
>
> > Good point. Such beliefs are not usually based in fact, but are
> > strongly held. So in a sense, they are based on faith. But somehow
> > it feels like a completely different KIND of faith than the faith
> > required to believe in a god. Help!
>
> William already pointed out that God is irrelevant to that system as
> described by Dan. But Dan did not reply.
Yes, I've got that. But why do we believe in "Life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness", or whatever? I read Dan's post as
saying that this was also "faith". I pretty much agree. So how is
it different from "deistic faith"? It does FEEL different to me,
but I can't pin down the difference.
---David
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