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Do atheists need some faith?

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RE: Do atheists need some faith?

July 19, 2012 at 9:00 am

Just so we understand what we mean by 'faith', here's a nice little vid from NoelPlum99 with which I agree. For me, it illustrates the likelihood of faith in rational/empirical scenarios: the more evidence there is, the less likely it is that faith will be required to believe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9T2Q0kNjnA

Sum ergo sum

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