[lit-ideas] Re: Faith
- From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 20:15:15 -0400
Brian:
>These three acts of the mind are expressed in (1) terms, (2) propositions
>and (3)
>arguments. I do not agree with your definition of faith so when we
>are using the word we are using a term in two different ways and it
>is muddying the rest of the dialogue. You are defining faith in a
>type of Freudian wish fulfillment role and I'm not so unless we can
>agree on a definition we are at an impasse right out of the gate.
Maybe ours are closer than you think and I just can't seem to elucidate it.
What's YOUR definition?
Like I said, it's been a few hours, and NO ONE has offered up an
alternative to what they think I mean.
By "faith" (in the religious sense mainly) I mean, a state in which someone
holds beliefs and follows those beliefs. He/she insists on these beliefs
even in the face of a complete lack of evidence other than an argument from
authority. The paucity of said evidence does NOTHING to dissuade the person
from keeping this faith. This faith is almost exclusively a herd-mentality
type.
never ready to hit 'send' but I do anyway,
paul
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Paul Stone
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Leamington, ON. Canada
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