0 sats \ 3 replies \ @PlebeiusG 22 Mar \ on: Philosophy, religion, faith FiresidePhilosophy
faith?
I think he’s working on a false definition of faith, and to try to prove his point, he poses the challenge “try to use faith in a sentence where it can’t mean ‘pretending to know something you don’t know’ and can’t be substituted with the hope”.
Well, here’s a sentence:
He had faith in the structural integrity of the airplane was based on rigorous safety inspections and engineering assessments.
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That's not faith.
based on rigorous safety inspections and engineering assessments
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As someone who grew up with and around religion and has explored a wide variety of beliefs, I have never heard faith defined as “pretending to know what you don’t know” as the speaker does in the video you shared, and I’d argue that’s a straw man. If that were really the definition of faith, I'd agree with you.
I’d encourage you to give this definition a chance. My hunch is that anyone, regardless of their religion, would probably agree on this definition.
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