If things done subconciously and automatically,breathing for example,while we do it automatically,we can still choose to not breathe;so we allow our selves to breath becuse we want to continue living.And we want to continue living becuase we believe or have faih that living is a good thing.
Evan the things we physically percieve,faith is involved,while a person may say there's no faith involved in walking on the ground that they just know or assume based off past experience or whatever;to assume something,means to believe with little or no investigation;so there's faith involved in walking cuase you assume or have faith the ground your about to step on is firm&solid.So evan the most mundane and everyday task do have a level of faith,small or large,associated with them.
So wouldnt a supposed empiricist be flawed in saying their is no faith involved,even in the things that are physically percived?
2007-04-11 11:24:32 · 13 answers · asked by Maurice H 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no
2007-04-11 11:28:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't be flawed in saying you should try correctly defining your terms. Faith is having convictions/beliefs which are not based on testable evidence, i.e. it is unmerited belief.
I've had a good life for which I have both physical evidence and memory records, so I am not practicing faith by choosing to live. It's because you theists can't comprehend your own native tongue, let alone any angelic ones, let alone clean up your muddy and circular thinking that you haven't a prayer of comprehending reality.
2007-04-11 18:34:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, breathing is not a choice. Just try to stop breathing for a while. After a while you will grasp for air, even if you choose not to.
There are many types of faith, yes. Everybody has faith. Having faith in things that go against your better judgement is just silly.
2007-04-11 18:30:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you stop learning at age 5, after that you are just comprehending and connecting. yet again you mistake faith and inference, it doesnt take faith to believe when i get out of this chair i won't fall through the floor. lets examine my thought process. the floor which is of good quality is only about 10 years old and has not suffered any major structural damage, i only weigh 150 pounds, there is a couch near me that weighs a surplus of 300 pounds, and a desk that weighs about 400 pounds, if this floor can support those two things, and me sitting in this chair i can make a general inference that by increasing the pressure from 5 poings(the number of wheels on my chair) of 150 pounds to two points(my feet) that it is highly improbable for me to fall through the floor.
2007-04-11 18:31:34 · answer #4 · answered by Ryan, Atheati Magus 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You're wrong, and you're boring. So my answer is no. I never have faith that the ground is solid. That's a good way to get yourself caught in quicksand. If you simply have faith about everything, and you never stop to think or look around yourself, you could misstep and fall in a puddle that you never knew was there. It's like walking around with a blindfold on.
2007-04-11 18:30:27 · answer #5 · answered by ReeRee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maurice it doesn't take faith to breathe. That's something that's pretty natural of a habit. If you were to stop breathing that would mean that you are dead. Even if you were to try to hold your breath for a long period of time you will eventually gasp for air simply because that's the way it is.
2007-04-11 18:37:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
`Wrong ! All things physical are tangible, therefore provable. Faith is not measurable, or identifiable, it means I trust ,or hope`, and involves personal rewards of a supernatural kind. It does not exist outside of the mind, and should not be considered as scientifically accountable.
2007-04-11 19:10:29 · answer #7 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really believe, no in fact I know you are confusing the various forms of faith. May I suggest researching the many types and forms of faith.
2007-04-11 18:34:54 · answer #8 · answered by MoPleasure4U 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On the spiritual level faith should be involved in all that we do,on the physical and practical plane faith is not always required.
2007-04-11 18:33:01 · answer #9 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Results from past experiences ARE evidence. That's not faith either. Faith is when you have no evidence whatsoever.
2007-04-11 18:32:34 · answer #10 · answered by . 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha ha.
Why don't you choose not to breathe for the next ten minutes, and then re-post this question?
If you pull that off, we can debate.
2007-04-11 18:44:01 · answer #11 · answered by Anthony Stark 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋