RE: Question about "faith"
September 27, 2020 at 9:51 am
(This post was last modified: September 27, 2020 at 10:04 am by John 6IX Breezy.)
(September 27, 2020 at 9:22 am)possibletarian Wrote: As I understand John, he uses the word in the first meaning clearly though when taking about religious faith you are also talking about the second one.
Correct; although to be more precise, I used the Greek definition of πίστις. Since that's the word translated as faith. That word aligns with the first definition.
As far as our discussion on souls. We disagree on what makes things unfalsifiable. That's why the waters are muddy even though we agree souls don't exist. I say things are unfalsifiable, not because you don't know how to test them, but because even if you did, every outcome is predicted. The world made 5 minutes ago to look as it is, is unfalsifiable no matter what test you run, because every outcome can be predicted by the phrase "made to look as it is."
Whereas you seem to say something is unfalsifiable if you can't test it period. But I disagree with that, mainly because "not being able to test something," and "not knowing how to test it," are very difficult to distinguish.
If you're interested we can continue the conversation in PM. It becomes overwhelming keeping track of who said what to me. And I already confused you with Simon Moon by thinking you asked how to falsify my beliefs.