Thread: Science, Religion, and the Surrounding Confusion.
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Old 08-06-2008, 01:58 PM   #190
Flint
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Originally Posted by smoothmoniker View Post
Do you really think it's meaningless to explore the relationship between critical thinking, radical skepticism, and faith?
No, I think it's meaningless to conflate faith and critical thinking to the point that they are interchangable. Doesn't it cheapen both concepts to water them down to the point that they lose their defining characteristics?

When people refer to religious faith, I am certain that the intended meaing is NOT "using the scientific method of investigation in order to determine the most verifiable statistical probability."
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