--- David Hobby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Erik Reuter wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 12:12:18AM -0400, David Hobby wrote:
> >
> > > Good point. Such beliefs are not usually based in fact, but are
> > > strongly held. So in a sense, they are based on faith. But somehow
> > > it feels like a completely different KIND of faith than the faith
> > > required to believe in a god. Help!
> >
> > William already pointed out that God is irrelevant to that system as
> > described by Dan. But Dan did not reply.
>
> Yes, I've got that. But why do we believe in "Life, liberty
> and the pursuit of happiness", or whatever? I read Dan's post as
> saying that this was also "faith". I pretty much agree. So how is
> it different from "deistic faith"? It does FEEL different to me,
> but I can't pin down the difference.
What if there is not faith involved at all.
Doing the right thing makes the world a better place to be, and makes you
feel good. Not doing the right thing makes you feel bad, and makes the world
a worse place to be. Where is the "faith"?
Faith is a lie told to the un-ivolved to try and get them to mimick the
intelegant. An intelegant person has no use for faith.
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