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trotsky

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8. Faith is faith??

Reply to cbayer (Reply #6)

Thu Aug 15, 2013, 11:51 AM

Aug 2013

Then why are there multiple definitions given for it in the dictionary?

Some honesty in this discussion would go a long way, cbayer. The word "faith" does indeed have multiple meanings and equivocating as you are doing is dishonest and disrespectful.

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Victor Stenger; Showing God Does Not Exist [View all] edhopper Aug 2013 OP

Stenger is absolutely correct with that last sentence of your excerpt. trotsky Aug 2013 #1

I really like Stenger. longship Aug 2013 #2

I think love is also based on faith. cbayer Aug 2013 #3

Faith that someone has the same feelings edhopper Aug 2013 #5

Why should it be any different. cbayer Aug 2013 #6

Faith is faith?? trotsky Aug 2013 #8

Love, trust, and respect are treated the way religious faith SHOULD be, but isn't. trotsky Aug 2013 #7

Faith, Love, and Trust are different things Lordquinton Aug 2013 #9

I think faith, love and trust may all come into play for cbayer Aug 2013 #10

You'd have to provide specifics Lordquinton Aug 2013 #11

I understand theories, hard facts, the scientific method, etc. cbayer Aug 2013 #12

Then they are just hypothesi edhopper Aug 2013 #13

I think we are merely arguing semantics at this point. cbayer Aug 2013 #14

Considering I have people "mansplaining" belief to me all the time Lordquinton Aug 2013 #15

You saying it doesn't make it so. cbayer Aug 2013 #16

He's claimed to prove, scientifically, that God does not exist. rug Aug 2013 #4