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RE: Faith?
September 29, 2009 at 2:49 pm
(September 29, 2009 at 2:37 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: This is not a faith example. "Past experiences" = tests and the results point to the fact that chairs hold people.

Indeed, this is the heart of the scientific method, repeatable verifiable tests. You don't "take it on faith" that chairs will hold you, you know they will unless they are broken because you've experiences it first hand and seen it happen to others. Simple as that. No faith needed.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin

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Faith? - by solarwave - September 29, 2009 at 2:19 pm
RE: Faith? - by Eilonnwy - September 29, 2009 at 2:36 pm
RE: Faith? - by Rhizomorph13 - September 29, 2009 at 2:37 pm
RE: Faith? - by Eilonnwy - September 29, 2009 at 2:49 pm
RE: Faith? - by solarwave - September 29, 2009 at 2:58 pm
RE: Faith? - by Eilonnwy - September 29, 2009 at 3:14 pm
RE: Faith? - by solarwave - September 29, 2009 at 3:29 pm
RE: Faith? - by leo-rcc - September 29, 2009 at 3:34 pm
RE: Faith? - by Rhizomorph13 - September 29, 2009 at 3:35 pm
RE: Faith? - by Rhizomorph13 - September 29, 2009 at 3:33 pm
RE: Faith? - by solarwave - September 29, 2009 at 4:17 pm
RE: Faith? - by Rhizomorph13 - September 29, 2009 at 4:40 pm
RE: Faith? - by solarwave - September 29, 2009 at 4:45 pm
RE: Faith? - by Rhizomorph13 - September 29, 2009 at 4:55 pm
RE: Faith? - by solarwave - September 29, 2009 at 5:13 pm
RE: Faith? - by Rhizomorph13 - September 29, 2009 at 5:24 pm
RE: Faith? - by solarwave - September 29, 2009 at 6:01 pm
RE: Faith? - by Rhizomorph13 - September 29, 2009 at 6:18 pm
RE: Faith? - by solarwave - September 30, 2009 at 2:44 pm
RE: Faith? - by Eilonnwy - September 30, 2009 at 3:48 pm
RE: Faith? - by fr0d0 - September 30, 2009 at 4:00 pm
RE: Faith? - by Eilonnwy - September 30, 2009 at 10:27 pm
RE: Faith? - by fr0d0 - September 30, 2009 at 10:39 pm
RE: Faith? - by leo-rcc - October 1, 2009 at 4:07 am
RE: Faith? - by Eilonnwy - October 1, 2009 at 8:19 am
RE: Faith? - by solarwave - October 1, 2009 at 4:10 pm
RE: Faith? - by fr0d0 - September 30, 2009 at 2:48 pm
RE: Faith? - by solarwave - September 30, 2009 at 3:36 pm
RE: Faith? - by solarwave - September 30, 2009 at 4:24 pm
RE: Faith? - by Rhizomorph13 - September 30, 2009 at 5:50 pm
RE: Faith? - by Edwardo Piet - September 30, 2009 at 6:13 pm
RE: Faith? - by Godless - October 1, 2009 at 4:22 am
RE: Faith? - by Violet - October 1, 2009 at 2:52 pm
RE: Faith? - by Rhizomorph13 - October 1, 2009 at 3:05 pm
RE: Faith? - by Violet - October 1, 2009 at 3:19 pm
RE: Faith? - by Rhizomorph13 - October 1, 2009 at 3:25 pm
RE: Faith? - by Violet - October 1, 2009 at 3:36 pm
RE: Faith? - by Rhizomorph13 - October 1, 2009 at 3:44 pm
RE: Faith? - by Violet - October 1, 2009 at 3:59 pm
RE: Faith? - by leo-rcc - October 1, 2009 at 4:02 pm
RE: Faith? - by Violet - October 1, 2009 at 4:39 pm
RE: Faith? - by leo-rcc - October 1, 2009 at 5:08 pm
RE: Faith? - by Rhizomorph13 - October 1, 2009 at 4:07 pm
RE: Faith? - by Rhizomorph13 - October 1, 2009 at 4:55 pm
RE: Faith? - by Violet - October 1, 2009 at 7:09 pm
RE: Faith? - by leo-rcc - October 1, 2009 at 7:26 pm
RE: Faith? - by Violet - October 1, 2009 at 7:38 pm
RE: Faith? - by leo-rcc - October 1, 2009 at 7:50 pm
RE: Faith? - by Violet - October 1, 2009 at 7:52 pm
RE: Faith? - by leo-rcc - October 1, 2009 at 7:53 pm
RE: Faith? - by Violet - October 1, 2009 at 7:56 pm
RE: Faith? - by theblindferrengi - October 1, 2009 at 8:28 pm
RE: Faith? - by Violet - October 1, 2009 at 9:00 pm
RE: Faith? - by fr0d0 - October 2, 2009 at 4:55 am
RE: Faith? - by theblindferrengi - October 1, 2009 at 9:27 pm
RE: Faith? - by solarwave - October 2, 2009 at 4:12 am
RE: Faith? - by Ryft - October 2, 2009 at 5:40 am
RE: Faith? - by Eilonnwy - October 2, 2009 at 10:10 am
RE: Faith? - by solarwave - October 3, 2009 at 2:56 pm
RE: Faith? - by downbeatplumb - October 3, 2009 at 8:51 am
RE: Faith? - by Ryft - October 4, 2009 at 12:40 am
RE: Faith? - by Eilonnwy - October 4, 2009 at 1:28 am
RE: Faith? - by Ryft - October 4, 2009 at 6:38 am
RE: Faith? - by Eilonnwy - October 4, 2009 at 11:17 am
RE: Faith? - by Ryft - October 5, 2009 at 2:13 am
RE: Faith? - by Eilonnwy - October 5, 2009 at 9:23 am
RE: Faith? - by Ryft - October 9, 2009 at 3:35 am
RE: Faith? - by Eilonnwy - October 9, 2009 at 9:08 am
RE: Faith? - by leo-rcc - October 9, 2009 at 4:06 am
RE: Faith? - by Ryft - October 9, 2009 at 5:42 am
RE: Faith? - by leo-rcc - October 9, 2009 at 6:17 am
RE: Faith? - by Tiberius - October 9, 2009 at 6:26 am
RE: Faith? - by Ryft - October 9, 2009 at 6:42 am
RE: Faith? - by fr0d0 - October 9, 2009 at 7:19 am
RE: Faith? - by leo-rcc - October 9, 2009 at 7:38 am

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