(August 7, 2018 at 5:35 pm)Kernel Sohcahtoa Wrote: Steve, if an individual attributes the beginning of the universe to a deity, then is that more of an act of faith than an actual explanation?
I don't think so. I outlined an argument that gets you to a list of attributes for a first cause. Additionally, we can look at other arguments that infer design, etc. that infer intelligence/purpose. Faith enters when you start to work out the specifics of a religion--in my case Christianity. Faith is not a way of knowing something. Faith is a way of trusting something. Faith is trusting in that which you have some reason(s) to believe is true. It does not preclude that once you have come to believe that something is true, using reliable epistemological means, you can become more certain something is true.
