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Faith
Posted Oct 20, 2007
I've been trying to get my head around this idea of Faith. As near as I can figure, Faith is the acceptance of a proposition as Truth with an overwhelming absence (i.e. none) of empirical evidence to support that proposition. While I find this definition to be very similar (i.e. identical) to the definition I would offer for the word Delusion, somehow Faith is considered to be a worthy character trait in some circles (i.e. religious communities and US politics). I don't understand this.
Another aspect of this issue I considered today is the question of whence come the propositions that are accepted on Faith. 'Twould seem that they come from
a) old books that are considered to be reliable despite an overwhelming absence of empirical evidence to support that reliability
b) old men who are considered to be reliable despite an overwhelming absence of empirical evidence to support that reliability.
I don't get it.
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God Bless Canada!
Posted Mar 15, 2006
Gosh, I got to take the controls of a big plane, just like Mr. Bush (didn't get the aircraft carrier, though.
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And I got to wear body armour and shake hands with soldiers, too!
And gosh, I got to meet Mr. Karzai. Great hats! But for some reason he doesn't put his arms in the sleeves of his coat. It's like he's always wearing an Afgh -- Oh!
Mr. Bush will be so proud of me!
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