[perth]

I assume we are working off the definition of faith as believing in something we can't prove?

fair enough. i would generally stop with "believing in something", but neither you nor the dictionary agree with me

Anyway, I don't have faith in anything you mentioned.

it was a brief list of examples. i imagine i could sit for weeks thinking of things people put their faith in.

I expect that I'll choose what is right over what is wrong to the best of my knowledge and I expect that I'll often be wrong.

and in my eyes, the fact that you try to do whats right is whats important, not whether or not you get it right every time. thats good enough to count as faith to me. as a definition, i know it doesnt match up. but as a concept, i think it does.

I've never seen any reason to put my faith in any higher power, divine judgment or universal justice.

okay.

Just to clarify, I think everything we 'know' is questionable.

agreed.

This years scientific facts are just as likely to be shown to be false later as the facts we've proven false in the past. I except that my perceptions and knowledge is limited and fallible, and it doesn't bother me. So again I ask "Why have faith?"

because unless you accept the truth of some things youre doomed to doubt everything. which may be fine with you, but it doesnt sound like fun to me.

~james