no its just assumed
2007-07-26 03:25:57
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answered by slopoke6968 7
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Do you know, for a fact, without any doubt at all in your mind, that the sun will rise tomorrow? What happens if, without warning, the earth explodes and shatters into bits no bigger than a thimble? Will the sun rise? Nope. Now, it's highly unlikely that this will occur, but we take it pretty much on faith, since there's no reason really to believe that it won't happen, that the earth will not explode and the sun will in fact rise tomorrow. Random stuff happens, and no one can deny that. So it is possible, however unlikely, that the Earth could just explode for no apparent reason today and there would be no Earth for to the sun to rise over tomorrow.
By the same token, most things intangible are believed (and disbelieved, I might add) on faith, since there's no real evidence one way or another. Many don't call it faith, but that's what it boils down to. Why do scientists believe that all the evidences they have can lead to the one and only conclusion of evolution? Faith that they have correctly interpreted the data. What if they haven't though? What other explanations might be forthcoming? It's all faith.
2007-07-26 03:32:23
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answered by Steve 5
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I think we can base our assessment of whether the sun will rise tomorrow on past performance and our understanding of the earth's rotation. Given that the sun has never failed to rise, and it is actually just that the earth turns so that the sun hits us all at a different place at a different time, I think we can feel confident that the sun will "rise" tomorrow. It's especially not a matter of faith since the sun is always hitting some part of the earth, so it really never "sets".
It is repeated so often because it has been repeated so often. I'd imagine it started before we understood the earth's rotation.
2007-07-26 03:37:35
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answered by Anonymous
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You said, "It takes faith to know the Sun will rise tomorrow."
Actually, no, it does not take 'faith' to know the Sun will 'rise." Whether you practice 'faith' or not, our planet will go on spinning for a good while yet, as it has for not quite an equal amount of Earth 'time,' but close. It is best not to mix primitive and slowly dying religious beliefs with natural happenings, don't you think?
2007-07-26 03:40:12
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answered by Yank 5
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Good question. I believe the statement is true, because we've all come to expect certain things as a "given". Throughout your lifetime the sun has always risen precisely when it's supposed to. Do you doubt that the sun will rise tomorrow? If not, then you have faith that it will rise.
So what doesn't take faith? I don't know if that question has an answer. I think we all have more faith than we realize. We just tend to put it in temporary, earthly things.
2007-07-26 03:29:40
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answered by Anonymous
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Of course not. It's kind of a contradiction; faith is belief without evidence. Therefore, "It takes faith to know " is wrong. It would be much better to say that it takes science, since science can give a rational answer that is supported by common sense. It's repeated so often because there are so many deluded Christians around, and it's become a popular phrase. But popular things aren't always correct.
2007-07-26 03:30:13
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answered by The Rationalist 2
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The earth is rotating with a hell of a lot of momentum. It would take something extremely large (and thus highly improbable) to stop it. Something that large probably would not just "appear" without being seen coming at least several days in advance. Therefore, the probability of the sun rising tomorrow is very high.
If a bowling ball is rolling downhill in the center of a clear street, does it take faith to expect it to keep rolling?
2007-07-26 03:40:17
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answered by ? 2
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No Faith is defined as belief without evidence or belief in spite of evidence to the contrary. We have plenty of evidence that the sun will rise tomorrow including but not limited to:
All the evidence for Conservation of Angular Momentum of the Earth
All the Evidence for Conservation of Momentum for the Sun.
2007-07-26 03:43:09
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answered by Anonymous
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Not as much faith as it takes to believe God stopped it dead in its tracks by shouting at it so that Israel could finish a bloody slaughter of another primitive tribe.
If something happens repeatedly and you have a decent explanation for it then faith is not the issue. So long as the Earth spins the Sun will seem to rise and set.
According to the Christians everything is about faith. It is sheer lunacy that requires you to shut off your brain to say.
2007-07-26 03:30:42
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answered by ? 5
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I think we all believe the sun will rise tomorrow because it always has and we understand scientifically why that happens. I think that some people attribute that to God's omniscient control of the universe while others just attribute it to chance. To me they are both faith-based beliefs.
Great question.
2007-07-26 03:45:13
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answered by Anonymous
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I don't believe it takes "faith". Faith is belief in the absence of reason. We have reason to believe the sun will rise tomorrow. It has risen everyday since we've been alive. That is good reason to believe it will rise tomorrow.
2007-07-26 03:31:48
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answered by RcknRllr 4
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