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Old 08-07-2008, 11:06 AM   #17
Clodfobble
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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter
faith is by definition the suspension of the need for explanation.
No, faith is an acknowledgement of the current lack of an explanation. What's more, it's a lack of an explanation for things which science cannot find an answer to. (Do you honestly believe we can determine the origins of the universe in their entirety through scientific study? That to me seems a lot more foolish than humbly accepting that we can't. We should never stop trying, but we should recognize our limits.)

You refuse to accept that there are different types of faith, and that most of them don't involve hearing voices or seeing idols in everyday objects. Until you can expand your definition, or propose a new word that you would prefer everyone use, you will get nowhere.
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