(August 14, 2014 at 2:38 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:
(August 14, 2014 at 2:38 pm)Esquilax Wrote: But that's the equivocation you're making, as "faith" in the faith healing sense of the word, is not at all similar to the very reasonable expectation, based on evidence, that things doctors give you are meant to cure you.
What you're doing is the same thing theists do when they say "well, atheists have faith too!"
In response to both you and Mister Agenda.
I'm not making any equivocations, I made it clear (on plenty of occasions) I wasn't talking about "faith" in the religious sense on the word.
Faith and Belief are one and the same.
I'm sure you realize that the Bible is translated into English from Hebrew and Greek.
In Hebrew the word for faith is trust, so "faithful servant" in the KJV, is translated from "trustworthy servant" in Hebrew. Likewise in the New Testament, the Greek word for "Belief" (πίστις) is translated into "faith" in the KJV.
Atheists can have faith. None of you can say that you know for absolute certain that there is no God, you make the choice to "believe" there is no God.