If so, is everyone's faith reliable or just those of your religion?
2007-03-08 03:27:34 · 20 answers · asked by Samurai Jack 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Knowledge is reliable because what was once considered knowledge is replaced once it is known to be false. Thus the idea that the Earth is the center of the universe was replaced when new knowledge based on new observations and calculations showed that the old knowledge was incorrect.
Faith is not reliable because there is no mechanism for determining its accuracy and for replacing incorrect faith assumptions. If there was, then there wouldn't be so many contradictory faiths in the world.
2007-03-08 03:39:56 · answer #1 · answered by Dave P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is knowledge reliable? There are quite a few things that humanity has "known" for millennia that turn out not to be true. There are even philosophers that contend that we truly cannot know anything for certain.
Study the field of epistemology for more details and lively debates.
2007-03-08 03:33:12 · answer #2 · answered by Biz Iz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The knowledge is always changing, whereas the faith is never changed. Knowledge sometimes condemns a principle of faith but approves it later on further probe, and vice versa. Faiths and beliefs can be reliable only if they are proved by authoritative knowledge.
2007-03-08 03:45:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I guess one would have to have faith that their faith is reliable, and hope that some one who has a differing belief system has less faith.
2007-03-08 03:30:17 · answer #4 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way I know to answer this is to say that MY Faith is reliable. My faith in the Lord Jesus Christ has NEVER let me down. He has gotten me through the worst times and rejoiced with me in the best times!! I pray that you have Jesus in your life as well.
God Bless you
2007-03-08 03:36:26 · answer #5 · answered by knight_janette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People say their faith is reliable because their faith is reliable because their faith is reliable because...
And people say that different faiths are unreliable because their own faith is reliable because their own faith is reliable because their own faith is reliable because....
Relying on faith results in delusional and circular thinking.
2007-03-08 03:32:07 · answer #6 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Science knowledge is not absolute.
We use to have 6 planets in the solar system.
Then 7.
Then 8.
Then 9.
Now 8 and a number of planetoids.
Jesus is alive forever more!
2007-03-08 03:45:16 · answer #7 · answered by tim 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think faith is nonsense, but I would not agree with you that knowledge is reliable. Knowledge is relative and always subject to doubt, discussion, and new insights.
2007-03-08 03:32:24 · answer #8 · answered by NaturalBornKieler 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Faith is about our own ability to believe according to our own consciousness. From the Kasidah, Part IV: All faith is false; all faith is true: Truth is shattered mirror strewn in myriad bits, while each believes their tiny bit the whole to own.
2007-03-08 03:31:35 · answer #9 · answered by jmmevolve 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith is like a vitamin, a little is good, faith in oneself, faith in one's fellows, even faith in a higher being (just a little though), too much is really bad, blind faith, murder for faith etc. Knowledge itself, also no good without wisdom.
2007-03-08 03:36:23 · answer #10 · answered by Huggles-the-wise 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋