On Wed, March 28, 2007 10:50 am, Gabriel Sechan wrote:
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>>From: "Lan Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>   "Faith is the firm belief in things for which we have absolutely no
>>evidence, and the rejection of all evidence to the contrary of these
>>things."
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>>Not the way I want to live.
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> I've always wondered why religious people like faith, for just this
> reason.
> To me faith isn't a good thing-  ignoring counterevidence and believing
> things with no evidence isn't laudible, its a sign of insanity.  I take
> things on evidence and probability, not faith.

That is an incorrect definition of faith.  Think of faith as a trust built
from many things including evidence.

Chris


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