RE: No conflict between faith and science, eh?
May 22, 2015 at 10:53 am
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2015 at 10:54 am by Faith No More.)
(May 21, 2015 at 12:26 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Fair enough, just curious.
I am, too, but you have to understand my dad and our relationship to understand why I don't pry. Let's just say that he is incapable of revealing anything personal about himself, and he basically just internalizes everything. At first glance, he appears to be an emotionless robot.
(May 21, 2015 at 1:54 pm)whateverist Wrote: I suspect the religious beliefs he holds are on par with beliefs we hold about who we are and what we value. True "faith" is about embracing the truth as you find it. Religious "belief" tend to be more specific. Belief is at odds with faith. I think most atheists are more faithful in the sense of being open to the truth/reality as we find it. The downfall of atheists tends to come from adopting a "nothing-but" stance. The trick is to embrace all kinds of truth, intra-personal as well as inter-personal, while knowing where and how each applies. You can't and shouldn't ignore the observer (you) any more than you do empirical observations. A full life needs to include both.
I'd wager that the largest contributing to factor to his beliefs is being raised in 1950's rural Texas.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
