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DetlefK

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8. Faith works without problems... as long as you don't run into problems.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2018, 06:13 AM

Oct 2018

As weird as it may sound, faith is a method of defining reality, just as witnessed experience is a method of defining reality.

However...

What happens when faith encounters a threat that it cannot ignore and explain away?

What happens to faith when reality demands its due?

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I have faith, he said. [View all] MineralMan Oct 2018 OP

This person surely isn't licensed to drive a motor vehicle on public roads, right? nt Atticus Oct 2018 #1

Oh, he drives, no doubt. MineralMan Oct 2018 #3

Classic cult thinking. nt Permanut Oct 2018 #2

Hmm... MineralMan Oct 2018 #4

I think I know who you're writing about PJMcK Oct 2018 #5

Actually, no. I've been walking away from people MineralMan Oct 2018 #10

Faith is for the edges of our understanding gtar100 Oct 2018 #6

Funny, I thought that was Curiosity... uriel1972 Oct 2018 #7

Faith gets in the way edhopper Oct 2018 #9

That's an ascertain I don't share. gtar100 Oct 2018 #11

What is it you don't share? I think autocorrect MineralMan Oct 2018 #14

Assertion. Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #16

Ah. Of course. MineralMan Oct 2018 #17

Tell that to all of the scientists who have faith. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #18

Do you know the statistics edhopper Oct 2018 #19

I posted about this topic at one time. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #22

Name some, along with their credentials and specialties. MineralMan Oct 2018 #20

Ask the scientists who are religious, if they let their religion get in the way of their research. trotsky Oct 2018 #21

Using faith implies you already know something about that unknown marylandblue Oct 2018 #12

Actually, I think inquiry is for that. MineralMan Oct 2018 #13

Faith is stagnation. Voltaire2 Oct 2018 #15

Faith works without problems... as long as you don't run into problems. DetlefK Oct 2018 #8