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How can my belief be so strong?

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How can my belief be so strong?
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RE: How can my belief be so strong?
December 18, 2013 at 2:50 pm
Welcome to the forum!

I'm reading a book where the author (written by a Philosophy professor) suggests replacing the word "faith" with "pretending to know things you don't know".

"My faith is true for me" becomes "pretending to know things I don't know is true for me".

"I have faith in God" becomes "I pretend to know things I don't know about God".

"Life has no meaning without faith" becomes "Life has no meaning if I stop pretending to know things I don't know".

"Teach your children to have faith" becomes "Teach your children to pretend to know things they don't know".

Funny stuff. Kinda puts the spotlight on the irrationality of "faith".

You could also call faith as claiming knowledge, even in the absence of evidence or in the face of contrary evidence, "believing anyway".

Regarding your own faith, I suppose you could ask yourself if you are in fact pretending to know things you don't know.
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How can my belief be so strong? - by Andy - December 18, 2013 at 12:41 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Faith No More - December 18, 2013 at 12:50 pm
Re: How can my belief be so strong? - by NoraBrimstone - December 18, 2013 at 12:51 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by downbeatplumb - December 18, 2013 at 3:00 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Bad Wolf - December 18, 2013 at 12:57 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Bad Writer - December 18, 2013 at 2:08 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by feeling - December 18, 2013 at 2:19 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by JesusHChrist - December 18, 2013 at 2:50 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Doubting Thomas - December 18, 2013 at 2:56 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by rexbeccarox - December 18, 2013 at 3:03 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by zenblaster - December 19, 2013 at 7:44 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Angrboda - December 18, 2013 at 2:59 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Jacob(smooth) - December 18, 2013 at 3:04 pm
Re: RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by NoraBrimstone - December 18, 2013 at 3:18 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Simon Moon - December 18, 2013 at 3:21 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Minimalist - December 19, 2013 at 11:07 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by houseofcantor - December 19, 2013 at 11:11 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Esquilax - December 20, 2013 at 9:11 am
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by houseofcantor - December 20, 2013 at 12:19 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Faith No More - December 20, 2013 at 10:13 am
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Ben Davis - December 20, 2013 at 10:07 am
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Mister Agenda - December 20, 2013 at 11:51 am
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Ben Davis - December 20, 2013 at 11:58 am
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Andy - December 23, 2013 at 12:15 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by pineapplebunnybounce - December 23, 2013 at 12:22 pm
RE: How can my belief be so strong? - by Tonus - December 23, 2013 at 12:36 pm

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