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Adrian and I disagree on faith.
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RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith.
Haven't I got to take your word that you have a job now? Couldn't that also be a faith position? It could be argued that you have to have faith to believe your eyes are showing you what is there, since you can't confirm they are working 100% accurately.

I don't think being able to verify something equates faith either. All reasoned arguments for future events are faith based in that case. We have very good prediction of the weather currently, due to global communication and weather monitoring devices (and the computing technology to run large algorithms). Are we still taking the prediction on "faith" in this case?

Do you think faith is a single description, or more of a range? I.e. belief in God requires enormous amounts of faith, but believing in the weather prediction requires very little in comparison.
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Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by leo-rcc - February 5, 2010 at 11:36 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Edwardo Piet - February 5, 2010 at 11:45 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by leo-rcc - February 5, 2010 at 11:50 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Zhalentine - February 5, 2010 at 3:25 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Purple Rabbit - February 5, 2010 at 3:57 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Violet - February 5, 2010 at 4:58 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Tiberius - February 5, 2010 at 3:57 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by leo-rcc - February 5, 2010 at 4:28 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Tiberius - February 5, 2010 at 4:33 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by leo-rcc - February 5, 2010 at 4:45 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Tiberius - February 5, 2010 at 5:03 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by leo-rcc - February 5, 2010 at 5:04 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by leo-rcc - February 5, 2010 at 5:20 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Tiberius - February 5, 2010 at 5:20 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by tackattack - February 6, 2010 at 1:30 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Tiberius - February 5, 2010 at 5:23 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Edwardo Piet - February 5, 2010 at 7:10 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by leo-rcc - February 5, 2010 at 7:11 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Edwardo Piet - February 6, 2010 at 6:22 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Purple Rabbit - February 6, 2010 at 9:19 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Welsh cake - February 6, 2010 at 9:43 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Purple Rabbit - February 6, 2010 at 11:04 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Welsh cake - February 6, 2010 at 1:10 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Purple Rabbit - February 6, 2010 at 2:34 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Welsh cake - February 7, 2010 at 5:19 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Purple Rabbit - February 7, 2010 at 9:10 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by leo-rcc - February 7, 2010 at 11:04 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by tackattack - February 7, 2010 at 9:04 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by starbucks - February 8, 2010 at 7:30 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Welsh cake - February 11, 2010 at 6:38 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by tackattack - February 11, 2010 at 10:03 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by tavarish - February 12, 2010 at 12:35 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Tiberius - February 12, 2010 at 1:47 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Welsh cake - February 13, 2010 at 8:33 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by tavarish - February 14, 2010 at 1:13 pm
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by tackattack - February 13, 2010 at 8:51 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by Welsh cake - February 13, 2010 at 11:26 am
RE: Adrian and I disagree on faith. - by tackattack - February 13, 2010 at 8:19 pm

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