Faith=Belief in lack of evidence. 1=1 is true by definition, so is therefore absolutely proved because it is defined as being as such. Absolute proof is as strong as evidence as you can get, and if I had any evidence at all that 1=1, then, I by definition couldn't "have faith in it" (because faith lacks evidence). So no, I absolutely do not need faith to believe 1=1. That's the very opposite of having faith.
It's as if you are arguing that everything requires faith. Which makes the whole concept of faith meaningless. It makes it no different from trust. Faith is irrational trust because it is without evidence. Trusting evidence isn't having faith in evidence because the trust is evidence-based. So it is therefore not faith-based...which is the opposite.
No. I am not talking about knowing as in absolute knowledge. There either is or isn't evidence for something, but we can't know absolutely that what we once thought of as evidence, turns out not to be. It's simply the fact that trusting evidence is infinitely better than just believing anything without any valid reasoning. I believe that we, as mortal humans, as so-called 'higher primates' should just do the best we simply can, to follow the evidence. We can only do what we think is best, that is obvious.
EvF
It's as if you are arguing that everything requires faith. Which makes the whole concept of faith meaningless. It makes it no different from trust. Faith is irrational trust because it is without evidence. Trusting evidence isn't having faith in evidence because the trust is evidence-based. So it is therefore not faith-based...which is the opposite.
(October 26, 2009 at 4:46 pm)rjh4 Wrote: Given this, how can you know when you are exhibiting faith or accepting evidence?
No. I am not talking about knowing as in absolute knowledge. There either is or isn't evidence for something, but we can't know absolutely that what we once thought of as evidence, turns out not to be. It's simply the fact that trusting evidence is infinitely better than just believing anything without any valid reasoning. I believe that we, as mortal humans, as so-called 'higher primates' should just do the best we simply can, to follow the evidence. We can only do what we think is best, that is obvious.
EvF
