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To: PatrickF4
That's a stretch. Faith requires evidence; it is a person's judgment about this evidence.

This statement is a joke, or sophistry of the first order. A distinction without a difference.By definition, faith is not subject to reason and calculus in the scientific sense. That can't be flim-flammed away.

23 posted on 11/24/2007 8:28:46 AM PST by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: Publius6961
"By definition, faith is not subject to reason and calculus in the scientific sense. That can't be flim-flammed away."

Faith is simply belieif in what someone says. There is no requirement that it not be subject to rational examination. The only limit to that examination, is that the inquiry must be done through someone else.

26 posted on 11/24/2007 8:36:50 AM PST by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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