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What is the difference between faith and gullibility?

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What is the difference between faith and gullibility?
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RE: What is the difference between faith and gullibility?
September 25, 2012 at 12:49 am
(September 25, 2012 at 12:28 am)Rhythm Wrote: You explained precisely why this is the case in your own post.

I wouldn't call someone who had accurate beliefs about black holes "gullible" because of those beliefs. But then, I don't think there's ever a good reason not to believe something that's true. If it's true, it seems to me that you should believe it. I'd rather have true beliefs and be "gullible" under your definition than to lack true beliefs and be perfectly not-"gullible".
“The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.”
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RE: What is the difference between faith and gullibility? - by CliveStaples - September 25, 2012 at 12:49 am

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