Evidence Vs. Faith

[Eilonnwy]

If their directions are telling the truth and are correct, then it's evidence based and not faith-based. If they aren't telling the truth of have got the directions wrong, then my belief in what I think to be evidence is mistaken so my belief is actually faith-based.

I'm sorry, but that's absurd, and no wonder Rjh4 asked the follow up question he did. The type of evidence that something is, is simply not determined by how wrong or right it is. If you believe that a pharmacy is where it is because someone said so, it's because of testimonial based evidence. You might believe the witness because you simple have faith the person won't lie, or you might believe them because the person looks local, you have no reason to suspect they are lying, and your experience in the past with asking for directions has generally been good. (Which I think is usually the basis for most people to accept directions given from a stranger, IMO) In either case, the evidence is still testimonial and not suddenly faith based because it was wrong.