(April 5, 2016 at 1:12 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:RoadRunner79 Wrote:I would agree with the first statement to an extent, but not with the second as a definition of faith.
I believe that the bank has my money, when they say they do.
I believe that science is a good method to study physical reality and that it will continue to be so.
I believe that my parents and family, will be there for me if I need.
I did notice, that you inserted the word "blind" prior to faith now....
Don't you believe those things based on past performance? That's evidence. And if your money wasn't there when it was supposed to be enough times, you would change your mind in light of that new evidence. Faith in the sense of 'earned trust' applies, but not faith in the religious sense. We should probably use the word 'trust' instead of 'faith' for that kind of faith (belief your family will be there for you kind of faith) in this conversation to avoid confusion and unintentional equivocation.
Yes, I agree. I would say earned trust applies to all of those real world scenarios. You have demonstrable evidence in these cases as well.
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Wiser words were never spoken.
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