(September 29, 2009 at 3:47 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: Yes, I have reason to believe my friends because they have shown to be truthful in the past. Eillonnwy and I are not a team and atheism isn't some dogmatic aproach at life that "WE the ATHEISTS" hold near and dear. I never proffered up that I only believe things according to science. I was simply pointing our that your example was NOT a faith example. !faith is != to science.
Just so you can know me better, I believe I have a soul based on personal experience. This does not mean that I would ever accept anyone else's personal experience as evidence but I CAN understand believing in God based on personal experience.
Rhizo
PS !="not" I don't know how to express "not" any other way.
It seems I still make many assumtions when talking to atheists, something that will hopefully be cured by my being here.
I know faith isn't equal to science. I dunno, on my definition of faith it seems alot like it. I call faith trust in the way the evidence or reason to the best of our ability best points.
Thanks for that little personal bit, its helpfully. Just hoping I can remember its you who said it lol
Mark Taylor: "Religious conflict will be less a matter of struggles between belief and unbelief than of clashes between believers who make room for doubt and those who do not."
Einstein: “The most unintelligible thing about nature is that it is intelligible”
Einstein: “The most unintelligible thing about nature is that it is intelligible”
