(November 27, 2017 at 12:43 pm)chorlton Wrote:(November 27, 2017 at 12:37 pm)Whateverist Wrote: I on the other hand have a great deal of faith in a great many things. God just doesn't happen to be one of them. I think religious people personify 'God' way too much. They also are quick to assume authoritative sources such as the bible are correct for their own convenience and comfort. Whatever else 'god' may be, it is a mystery. To understand why prayer and reverence give people comfort I think it is better to assume that the 'Other' that is beseeched is as much the product of ones own psyche as is the mystery of ones own identity.
Though I place a great of value in knowledge, I recognize the limitations of reason and acknowledge that I take on faith a great many things. To do otherwise would be to live a life of minimal and restricted humanity. I'm just not drinking anyone's koolaid.
I'd be curious to know what keeping a day holy exactly means to you. Also, why should some days get less holy regard than others?
But welcome to the forums. I like your point of view already and hope you find enough of interest to stick around.
you know or you don't
faith doesn't play a part & shouldn't even be a word
matt dillahunty covered this very well in a debate when asked if he had faith the sun will come up tomorrow.
whilst there is no way to know for sure its rational to use experience or repeatable events to "know" making it knowledge not faith
can you give an example of what you think you have "faith" in v know or don't ?
I cant think of anything for myself tbh
Easily. I have faith that my aesthetic choices will be good. I have faith that I will come to see a way to a mathematical solution which is not at all apparent to me to begin with. I have faith that I am known and appreciated by my wife. I have faith that I know her truly and that my feelings for her are important. This is trivial really. Of course we all rely and act on a great many things which we do not first justify by reason, and some of which we cannot do so.
