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Permalink Reply by Eddie Miles III on April 29, 2009 at 1:15am

The problem of faith stems from a larger problem of the lack of understanding of evidence. What people don't realize is that everything that causes us to believe something is evidence. The light particles that enter my brain through the medium of my eyes and cause an internal image of a well defined and well known to me object are nothing more than evidence that such an object is in front of my eyes. If I had no such evidence, I would see no reason to believe that such an object is there.

For example, the only reason I believe that I am currently typing on a computer is that I can see an image of what I have been previously taught to be a computer in front of me. I can also hear the familiar sound of keys on a keyboard and I can feel what I have learned to be the feeling of typing. Furthermore, these all happen in the correct timing to lead me to believe that I'm not just imagining it all. If I didn't experience these things, I would have no justification for believing that I am typing on a computer.

To try to justify belief in god when the evidence is against it by claiming faith is therefore the same as to try to justify belief that I'm sitting on the beach in Bora Bora when all the evidence points to the fact that I'm sitting here typing away on my computer. Trust me, if I believed that faith could get me to Tahiti, I would definitely give it a try. ; )

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Permalink Reply by Dave G on May 5, 2009 at 7:14pm

I like to say that I have confidence in science. :)

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