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minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 day agoYou have faith in your car based on the knowledge that it’ll get you to your destination
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 day agoThat’s a linguistic bait-and-switch. Your example has nothing to do with religious faith as a basis for conviction.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·1 day agoI am convicted in my faith by the evidence
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 day agoYou’re not convincing anyone by misusing words. Here, let me demonstrate: I have hard evidence that God doesn’t exist. My evidence is faith.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoMy evidence isn’t faith. My faith is based in historical fact.
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoSo why are historians not generally Christian?
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·45 minutes agoBecause a lot of people these days aren’t generally Christian.
You have faith in your car based on the knowledge that it’ll get you to your destination
That’s a linguistic bait-and-switch. Your example has nothing to do with religious faith as a basis for conviction.
I am convicted in my faith by the evidence
You’re not convincing anyone by misusing words.
Here, let me demonstrate: I have hard evidence that God doesn’t exist. My evidence is faith.
My evidence isn’t faith. My faith is based in historical fact.
So why are historians not generally Christian?
Because a lot of people these days aren’t generally Christian.