Both of these are way better methods of arriving at
conclusions than faith.
Not exact matches
There is no basis for your
conclusion in this regard thus you have
faith that Atheism will produce a better and more peaceful world
than any god based ism.
I spent two years looking at the evidence, and in light of what I consider to be an avalanche of evidence that points so powerfully toward the truth of Christianity, I came to the
conclusion that it would take more
faith to maintain my atheism
than to become a Christian.
But it then proceeds to equate these presuppositions with «
faith» so that it can move to the
conclusion that even secular historians who reject appeals to supernatural intervention in history are no less acting «in
faith»
than are those believing historians who accept them.
I have come to the
conclusion that it's okay for me to have different convictions or beliefs
than other people in my
faith community.
why can't evolutionists feel the same passion based on their
faith in science and technology to form the logical
conclusion that evolution is a far greater possibility
than a deity that has never been seen or spoken to having created everybody and everything??
Faith is the world's worst method of arriving at
conclusions — far worse
than evidence and rationality.
On this last question, missiologist C. Gordon Olson writes that if the Calvinists are right about
faith being a gift of God, then «one if forced to the
conclusion that God is partial and loves Americans more
than others» (cf. Olson, Beyond Calvinism and Arminianism, 227).
2) You can maintain your position from a
faith perspective, and say this, but then I'd have to seriously question [a] your historical integrity (for example, the historical position of Revelations as canon, although more of a debate
than the other texts, was still NOWHERE NEAR contestable enough for you to draw this sort of
conclusion) and [b] your philosophical integrity (for example, if you dismiss Revelations because it doesn't support your position, i'm going to ask: by what authority do you think you have the right to discern this?
Our society hardly knows any clearer contradiction of good sense
than that of a speaker, assuming a
conclusion that is his by hard work or inheritance but nonetheless his alone, and on the basis of that
conclusion, filling the air with «must», «ought», and «should», thinking thereby to produce sincerity, kindness, love, repentance,
faith, and finally enthusiasm for the next gathering for more of the same.
While I do not fault you for your
conclusion, nor do I celebrate my
faith in God as some greatness within myself or a «smarter»
conclusion than yours, I am saying that appealing to God (as I do) or appealing to a standard of proof (as you do) still requires
faith.
And lastly, if you're honestly trying to tell me that you have more
faith in Lynch
than Pace when it comes to drafting then I have no idea where you're drawing that
conclusion from.
In Anidaan's interpretation, «Not everything is true, anything is possible» — a motto that speaks to examining the facts and reaching your own
conclusions, rather
than relying on blind
faith.
These were no more
than pleadings that the government had engaged in political activities that benefited the Ontario Liberal Party, which could not possibly support the
conclusion or inference that they had acted in bad
faith.