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Conservapedia talk:Is the Bible Inerrant? (view source)
Revision as of 18:29, April 8, 2007
, 18:29, April 8, 2007→I do not understand this argument.
Despite Phil's protestations, faith is defined by believing something ''without'' evidence. Faith is a feeling, often a decision, to believe in something grander than nature/science. When one is overwhelmed with religious feeling or epiphany, this is a subjective phenomenon. As most of us know, applying science to God rarely leaves either smelling right. Dawkins denies the value of the concept of ''nonoverlapping magisteria'', but it really is a useful concept, and probably more so for Theists than Atheists. I don't want someone coming after my faith with an electron microscope.--[[User:palmd001|PalMD]]<sup>[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]</sup> 14:17, 8 April 2007 (EDT)
Despite Phil's protestations, faith is defined by believing something ''without'' evidence. Faith is a feeling, often a decision, to believe in something grander than nature/science. When one is overwhelmed with religious feeling or epiphany, this is a subjective phenomenon. As most of us know, applying science to God rarely leaves either smelling right. Dawkins denies the value of the concept of ''nonoverlapping magisteria'', but it really is a useful concept, and probably more so for Theists than Atheists. I don't want someone coming after my faith with an electron microscope.--[[User:palmd001|PalMD]]<sup>[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]</sup> 14:17, 8 April 2007 (EDT)
:PalMD is correct on all counts. Faith is a very personal thing, a subjective experience based as much on a longing for purpose as any active decision to believe, It is also much like a drug -- epiphantic moments trigger the same release of chemicals as most euphoria-causing drugs. There is a close affinity between the faithful and people who are substance-dependant: both need to rely on internalised experience based on an external catalyst to reach some form of temporary fulfillment or psychological rapture/ecstacy. [[User:NousEpirrhytos|NousEpirrhytos]] 14:29, 8 April 2007 (EDT)