Does it take faith to sit in a chair?

Question

Or to believe the sun will rise tomorrow? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Yes.

But it is a faith based on evidence that the chair is structurally sound, and that it can hold my weight. It is a faith that the sun will rise tomorrow based on an understanding of natural law, and the fact that it has been doing so since it's creation.

Faith is not supposed to be completely blind - far sighted perhaps but not blind.

It also takes faith to think that organic matter arose from inorganic matter. That seems to be a violation of the laws of biology. That is blind faith.

Answer 2

Depends on how one sits -- I never trust a chair. I am a large gentleman so I lower myself carefully into any chair so that if it breaks, I can catch myself and not be injured.

All my life, the sun has risen in the morning. I understand orbital mechanics. I have far more evidence than is needed for faith to be an issue.

I'm also aware right now that since I parked it two hours ago, my car may have been stolen. I don't have faith it's there. I just have more pressing matters at the moment. IF it is stolen, it will be as stolen at the end of the day as it is now; potentially less if the thief feels remorse and returns my car. Plus, in over a year, it's not been tampered with or broken into, further, it's in a secured lot. As such, I have sufficient evidence that the acceptance that it is probably still there is not 'faith'.

Answer 3

Depends on the chair, I've seen some real interesting chairs that make sitting a HUGE act of faith. It used to take faith to await the sun's rise, now we understand that the Earth's orbit and rotation and KNOW the sun will appear tomorrow.

Answer 4

I believe the sun will rise tomorrow based on my experience. Every day the sun rises and sets. That's a familiar pattern. I am assuming the pattern will continue tomorrow. I think that's more rational thought to make such a guess than it is faith. I sit in a chair because I have faith it will feel comfortable.

Answer 5

that is a cop-out. It would not take faith to sit down in a chair or to believe the daylight will arise the following day. all of us has said that chairs will help themselves or that the daylight has arise each day on condition that they were born. you are able to take this data and use it to predict that chairs will proceed to help themselves and the daylight will proceed to come back up interior the morning. even as there is continually the possibility that they gained't proceed to do as they have interior the previous, the possibility is so mild that that is more advantageous than authentic attempting to disregard that possibility. It feels like you've been conversing to someone claiming that each and every thing interior the international takes faith. that isn't actual. basically issues which at the instantaneous are not observable or testable take faith, i.e. faith.

Answer 6

Well, you should have faith in the strength of the chair before you attempt to sit in it. As for the sun well, whether we have faith in the sun or not it will do what it will do. Faith should be preserved for the proper things, for the proper time.

Answer 7

Yes to some extent, but it's a testable faith.

Let me give you an example:

Say I go into a coffee shop 1000 days in a row, and ask for a cup of coffee. On every single day, I receive a cup of coffee.

Now, on the 1001st day, I can reasonably expect to get a cup of coffee as well, based on past experience. I wouldn't expect for the person behind the counter to hand me a hamburger instead, or begin pelting me with sugar packets while singing the national anthem backwards.

Similarly, if I'm sitting in a chair, and it's supported my weight for the last six months, barring any evidence to the contrary, I can fully expect it to support me this time as well. (Unless, of course, I've gained significant weight, and the chair begins making a creaking noise every time I sit down on it.)

Answer 8

It takes faith to believe that the chair is real.

Answer 9

When I sit on a chair, I have evidence to support my belief that it won't collapse. I have tested this belief many times, and found it to be accurate.
The sun doesn't rise, that's an illusion created by the rotation of the Earth.

Answer 10

excellent question....
we have faith in logic, coz logic is responsible for faith
any belief not backed by logic, is weak

but we do have to believe that the chair wud not hopefully break!.....and sometimes it so happens that we always start fearing things like that--over conciousness or something