Faith by Definition

Maybe not, but let's see if we can raise it from the dead. Good point. Faith refers to "assurance" or "confidence" - not at all to what we, in modern English, would call "substance".

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1. that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
2. a species of matter of definite chemical composition: a chalky substance.

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Too many Christians put faith on the same level as evidence.Welcome to EvC. You'll find a lot of discussion here about the kind of rubbish your website is full of.

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“Faith moves mountains, but only knowledge moves them to the right place”
-- Joseph Goebbels
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So you're saying that you must be Napoleon because you're wearing Napoleon's hat.Naturally, delusions are going to feed themselves. Delusions can certainly be self-consistent.The question is: How do you test the initial experience?

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“Faith moves mountains, but only knowledge moves them to the right place” -- Joseph Goebbels

Of course, sane people do test what they (think they) know every day.Sane people don't blythely say, "I know my brakes work." At the first sign of a possible malfunction, they get somebody else to test them. Refusing to test or to even consider the need for testing is an invitation to disaster.The greater the risk, the greater the need for testing. Why take the chance that your revelations are delusion? Is your faith so weak that you're afraid to test it?

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“Faith moves mountains, but only knowledge moves them to the right place” -- Joseph Goebbels