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Faith by Definition

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Funkaloyd
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Message 16 of 149 (251383)
10-13-2005 6:12 AM 		Reply to: Message 15 by Phat
10-13-2005 1:49 AM

I'm glad you bumped this.
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If faith is defined as "belief, in spite of the evidence", and God demands faith, then what does that mean for the Christians who state that they came to or maintain their beliefs because they have found naturalistic explanations of the world unconvincing?
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Funkaloyd
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10-16-2005 3:50 AM 		Reply to: Message 19 by mikehager
10-13-2005 12:43 PM

Re: I like this definition...
mikehager writes:
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To quote Mark Twain, "faith is believing what you know ain't so."
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FAITH, n.
Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
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- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.
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