tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536629753299726668.post2525625325398165806..comments2023-09-25T05:43:46.879-06:00Comments on Bearded Atheist: Does science require faith?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17255173146321412241noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536629753299726668.post-89358071691237939482013-02-15T06:22:50.328-07:002013-02-15T06:22:50.328-07:00God, Jesus Christ, and I all love you. Do not let ...God, Jesus Christ, and I all love you. Do not let you pride stand in the way of a loving relationship with God. You didn't make yourself, you aren't just a body, you are a soul and have a body, and God made your soul in the image of him. Let God shine through you, not the darkness of evil. We humans together are supposed to be the dwelling place of God. I tell you this because Jesus paid much too high a price, for us to pick and choose who should come, AND WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST. Consider Pascels Wager for all you who need reason. Godbless.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04934909380270548543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536629753299726668.post-27318583592102813322012-02-06T16:51:25.157-07:002012-02-06T16:51:25.157-07:00I just had an argument the other day about the dif...I just had an argument the other day about the difference between a theory and a hypothesis.Ben Hesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13777942725084406424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536629753299726668.post-27674972605253895092012-02-06T14:08:26.793-07:002012-02-06T14:08:26.793-07:00I would have thought that a dictionary would have ...I would have thought that a dictionary would have been your friend. Faith has TWO key meanings :<br />1) "belief that is not based on proof". This is the religious usage where there is no rational basis for the belief.<br />2) "confidence or trust in a person or thing". This is the scientific usage. The person may have speific qualifications (e.g. medical), or a process may conform to standards (e.g. ISO 9001). That faith gives you the confidence in the outcome.<br /><br />As long as people understand that the two meanings are RADICALLY different there is no issue - but why I tend to use :<br />- Faith - meaning (1) above.<br />- Confidence - meaning (2) above.CriticalThinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13287626545894004960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536629753299726668.post-82173706482004987642012-02-06T10:56:30.308-07:002012-02-06T10:56:30.308-07:00People argue to win, you don't hear many peopl...People argue to win, you don't hear many people telling stories about how someone out-logic'd them. I honestly think he walked away from that conversation thinking he made valid, logical points and that it was our closed mindedness that kept us from seeing things his superior way. <br /><br />Pretty much exactly the way we feel. <br /><br />Oh well, if even only one person understands the relationships between faith and science better after reading this, both the conversation and writing this blog was totally worth it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255173146321412241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536629753299726668.post-5175911220467383992012-02-06T10:48:47.652-07:002012-02-06T10:48:47.652-07:00Excellent work. You touched on each important poi...Excellent work. You touched on each important point from that conversation. What sucks is that while it'll certainly solidify the stance atheists and agnostics take, it'll somehow lend further excuses to believers to pick at. Like any other use of logic in a situation such as this, scientific logic will never make a strong enough case to convert unless the person in question is ready to break free of the dogmatic chains that bind.Doogle This!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02630509432531903012noreply@blogger.com