Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Against Faith
Faith means trust. One can have faith (or confidence) in a number of things, such as faith in the economy, faith in another person, etc. It is simply the belief that a claim is true or will that someone will act as they have promised. Faith in the religious sense means belief in a doctrine without necessarily having enough proof of its truthfulness to be reasonably certain. To believe something without adequate proof or evidence is a mistake. At best, it is the equivalent of guessing, at worst it is to go against reason itself. Unless some conclusive evidence can be found for the existence or nonexistence of a divine being, then the agnostic position is the only logical choice. Faith without reason is a grave mistake.
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Is there true atheism? Even if the evidence was in plain sight, would you still believe in a higher power? Reading some of your thought leads me to believe that, even in the presence of tangible evidence of the exhistance of God, you will still believe that he does not exhist...which says to me that you're atheist by choice...not because of the lack of evidence.
The blog post argues for agnosticism. If really pressed about what is truly known and what is merely taken for granted, one must admit that even belief in the existence of the universe, other people, etc, is an assumption one is not entitled to. Yet when going about our daily routine we tend to work on the assumption that the universe really does exist. I just don't work on the additional assumption that god also exists. If I sit down and contemplate it, I must doubt the existence of pretty much most things. If I actually did see a vision of god, then I would probably have to assume that god is as real as the rest of the world I perceive. However, that vision along with the rest of the world is still ultimately subject to scepticism.
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