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minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 days agoThat’s faith, by definition distinct from knowledge.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·11 days 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-211 days 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-down6·11 days agoI am convicted in my faith by the evidence
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-211 days 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-up1·10 days agoMy evidence isn’t faith. My faith is based in historical fact.
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoSo why are historians not generally Christian?
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoBecause a lot of people these days aren’t generally Christian.
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 days agoBut if it’s rooted in historical fact, rather than cultural hegemony and parents passing on their belief systems to their children, then studying history would naturally lead people to become overwhelmingly Christian. Reality does not reflect that.
That’s faith, by definition distinct from knowledge.
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.
But if it’s rooted in historical fact, rather than cultural hegemony and parents passing on their belief systems to their children, then studying history would naturally lead people to become overwhelmingly Christian. Reality does not reflect that.