Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The (Many) Problems with Faith

“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” ~ Saint Augustine

When a Christian tells me that she has faith, I struggle to see the difference between this and when a Muslim tells me she has faith. What's the difference?

Both believe without evidence. Both resort to their "faith" as justifications for their belief. And both are more likely than not born into a region of the world dominated by their faiths.

So why is faith an argument for religious belief? All religions claim (demand) faith and all hold this as a central tenet to the legitimacy of their belief.

Faith is not enough!

Saint Augustine was describing the now well known theory of Confirmation Bias - the man was truly well ahead of his time.

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