See below: > Religion means believing something in the absence of sufficient > evidence. > > Stathis Papaioannou ---------------------- and: > My belief is that in matters of faith, you can > choose to believe or not > believe based on your personal preferences. =================================================== Stathis wrote it right, except for the unidentifiable "sufficient evidence". A faithful person 'believes' that the 'evidence' he so calls is 'sufficient'. It is a 1st person decision. Undebatable. Popper did not find sufficient (scientific) evidence, only falsification. And then come emotions into play...
John Mikes http://pages.prodigy.net/jamikes/SciRelMay00.html
