*cough cough*
(September 17, 2013 at 8:41 pm)FallentoReason Wrote:(September 17, 2013 at 11:42 am)John V Wrote: You're using "faith" here in the sense of trust, while I specifically used it in the sense of belief.
In the sense of belief, the thing believed is not verified. If it were, belief in it would no longer require faith. It may or may not be verifiable. However, note that, until verified, claiming that something is verifiable is also a belief on faith.
Meh, semantics... have it your way then: it's unjustified belief that you're applying to your god. What is it exactly that leads you to blindly believe this unverifiable being over any other unverifiable being, including unverifiable lawn-growing gnomes? If you don't have any method of reasonably excluding belief in lawn-growing gnomes, then for you to say your "faith/belief" is reasonable would be begging the question, as you are *somehow* believing one thing over another for *some* reason.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle