Kyu, I don't think evidence is required to believe in God, as in I know it's possible to believe without evidence! I mean, actually I think duh, there is no evidence so every believer's belief in God is without evidence!
I mean whether it should be required is a different matter. Evidence is required for pretty much everything else, so why ISN'T it required for God? Or rather; why shouldn't it?
It's an odd exception, an odd undeserved exception. Belief without evidence, faith, in God is like faith (belief without evidence) in anything else I think: Very irrational. And a delusional (or at least potentially delusional) way to go about believing things.
About saying you could have faith in the scientific method; scientific evidence may be based on the scientific method. But doesn't the scientific method self-evidently kind of work itself? If so, then could you really have faith in it? (considering faith=belief without evidence).
If you're using a different definition of faith here like: "I have faith that the sun will come up tomorrow", i.e "I have faith that the scientific method not only works but will continue to work"; in a more loose way; used for things that are already backed up by evidence - then I think I understand what you mean in that case.
But that would mean that there are two different kinds of definition of faith here being used: 1. Belief without evidence. 2. Kind of like trust, "I have faith that the sun will come up tomorrow".
And I will just point out that if two definitions are being used; we need to be careful not to confuse them. And even more so if more than two definitions are being used!
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I mean whether it should be required is a different matter. Evidence is required for pretty much everything else, so why ISN'T it required for God? Or rather; why shouldn't it?
It's an odd exception, an odd undeserved exception. Belief without evidence, faith, in God is like faith (belief without evidence) in anything else I think: Very irrational. And a delusional (or at least potentially delusional) way to go about believing things.
About saying you could have faith in the scientific method; scientific evidence may be based on the scientific method. But doesn't the scientific method self-evidently kind of work itself? If so, then could you really have faith in it? (considering faith=belief without evidence).
If you're using a different definition of faith here like: "I have faith that the sun will come up tomorrow", i.e "I have faith that the scientific method not only works but will continue to work"; in a more loose way; used for things that are already backed up by evidence - then I think I understand what you mean in that case.
But that would mean that there are two different kinds of definition of faith here being used: 1. Belief without evidence. 2. Kind of like trust, "I have faith that the sun will come up tomorrow".
And I will just point out that if two definitions are being used; we need to be careful not to confuse them. And even more so if more than two definitions are being used!
EvF