"Faith" is the act by which we give our ultimate commitment to some reality. I observe in the natural world a process by which complex and rich values grow. I have faith in that process, i.e., I give my ultimate commitment to that process. I call that process "God," even though I do not believe it is a supernatural, omnipotent, omniscient "person." I want to believe nothing about that process except what I can know with reasonable certainty based on empirical observation and rational analysis. I do not believe that any religious tradition has a privileged or infallible source of knowledge about this reality.
Am I a theist or an atheist?
2006-10-05
04:26:07
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