In Reply to: RE: Faith got's nothing to do with it! posted by bjh on July 10, 2012 at 06:42:58:
It's certainly NOT an article of faith. It's subject to test, like ALL of science. It's an epistemological question: is our "knowledge" based on blind faith or on existential experience? Scientists observe, make theories, and then, test those theories in experiments. Religions rarely make predictions that can be tested. When they do (like predicting the end of the world), they are often proven incorrect. Do the believers change their religion? Rarely, as, for them, it's a question of faith. Consider those people who, as a matter of faith, believe that the world is less than 7,000 years old. No matter of hard evidence can get them to change their mind.
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