RE: Please stop equating 'belief' and 'faith'
January 4, 2011 at 10:36 am
(This post was last modified: January 5, 2011 at 4:20 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(January 3, 2011 at 8:20 pm)Ryft Wrote: I will not single the person out specifically but in another thread something was said that tweaked a huge pet peeve of mine. "Your usage of the word 'believe' is inappropriate," he said to his Christian opponent. "Scientists do not have beliefs. They make conclusions based on evidence. 'Beliefs' are what YOU have."
I completely agree that is absurd.
If I don't believe proposition P that means I don't think that proposition P is true or false. If I am not to believe "2+2=4" that would mean I don't think that the proposition "2+2=4" is true or false. I do think that 2+2 is true, therefore I do believe it's true, therefore I do believe something.
