RE: Question about "faith"
September 24, 2020 at 9:02 pm
(This post was last modified: September 24, 2020 at 9:04 pm by Belacqua.)
(September 24, 2020 at 8:23 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: I would never have the idea that the 'spooky noise' in my house was actually due to a ghost
By focusing on the specific example I used, you manage to avoid the main point.
There is something you hold, very strongly, to be true. Some idea comes into your mind that contradicts this strongly-held conviction. But in fact reason tells you that the doubt is unreasonable. Your faith in the strongly-held conviction means that you dismiss the unreasonable doubt through an act of will.
Maybe this never happens to you. Maybe you're a robot.
(September 24, 2020 at 8:59 pm)Gwaithmir Wrote: how about telling us what you think is wrong with his definition of faith.
That's been addressed over and over on this thread.