(February 5, 2010 at 4:33 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Haven't I got to take your word that you have a job now?
You can find out, you can call my boss, you can verify. That is not the case with what will happen next month.
Quote: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.
Sure, and that still doesn't do anything to disspell the argument that assuming future events is faith based.
Quote:I don't think being able to verify something equates faith either. All reasoned arguments for future events are faith based in that case.
Indeed, so what?
Quote: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?
Yes we are. And we are frequently wrong as well.
Quote: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.
There can be levels I suppose. Having faith that the earth keeps rotating requires less faith for me than me still having a job next month. But it still requires faith none the less.
Best regards,
Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
