(January 4, 2013 at 8:44 am)Brian37 Wrote: It does not take "faith" to reject claims of Santa. It does not take faith to reject invisible pink unicorns. It does not take faith to reject claims of little boys flying around on brooms. It does not take faith to reject Allah or Vishnu as claims.
Well, maybe it takes a little faith .. that the world is a bit predictable .. that what was true yesterday will still be true today. We can't really prove that the world isn't wildly chaotic. All we can do is demonstrate that, yet again, that faith seems to have been justified when we opened our eyes in the morning.
We really are not and cannot operate as 100% rational, conscious beings at all times. Some assumptions are required. I suppose Mark has faith that when he wakes up in the morning there will still be no knockdown proof that his deity does not exist. I have faith that my operational assumption will still be a good one, that no heed need be paid to these 'gods' so many people will be nattering on about.
