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To: ZULU
Faith is not based on facts - that is why it is called “faith”.

Most drivers have faith that oncoming traffic is inclined to stay on their side of the yellow line unless passing or avoiding a hazard etc.

If faith were really orthogonal to facts, this would be rather dangerous, no?

41 posted on 02/25/2008 1:44:30 PM PST by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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To: AndyTheBear

Faith, in a spritual sense, is a belief in the truth of something even if it defies the disproof provided by one’s own senses. For instance I believe that the consecrated Host is the Body of Christ with every fiber of my being. Faith is a gift and cannot be over-ridden by the Scientific Method or by the jeers of those unfortunate enough not to be granted so great a gift.


90 posted on 02/25/2008 5:28:53 PM PST by Dionysius (Jingoism is no vice.)
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To: AndyTheBear

If God exists and you believe, you are saved. If He doesn’t and you believe, nothing is lost.


190 posted on 02/26/2008 2:12:03 AM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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