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Old 08-05-2008, 12:50 PM   #179
Troubleshooter
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Originally Posted by smoothmoniker View Post
Faith is not "believe something is true, even when all evidence points against it." Faith is believing something is true, because the chain of evidence follows a trajectory that can be reasonably extended to conclude that the thing is true, even when the chain of evidence isn't complete.
I disagree.

Faith is Necessarily belief in something in the face of no evidence.
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