On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:30:49 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> On 4/25/2011 9:10, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:38:24 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>>
>>> So I stop believing in god if he actually shows up? I think you have
>>> that backwards.
>>
>> Quoting Douglas Adams:
>>
>> "Proof denies faith and without faith, I am nothing."
> 
> You are conflating "belief" with "faith".  "Faith" is unjustified
> belief. Belief can be justified or not, correct or not. It's a state of
> mind not necessarily indicative of the real world or not.
> 
> Is it still faith if you're right? If god really turns out to exist,
> would you say all those people with faith no longer had faith because
> they were right all along?

Actually, I was just making an amusing observation, or rather, pointing 
to one that was tangentially related. :)

Jim

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