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Re: New Diary Entry - PT
> I think our definition of faith is different from one another.
Not really. You just choose to have faith in things which have absolutely
no evidence to back them up. I choose to have faith in things which *do*
have evidence to back them up.
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty with-
out any proof.
- Ashley Montague
> Faith is the substantiation of things that really are there but cannot be
> sensed by the natural senses alone.
Well, one has to have faith in the realm of Science, as well. I've never
seen infrared light, but I know it exists. I've never felt the tug of a
black hole, but I know they exist. My senses have never felt the time
effects of Einstein's relativity, but I still have faith that time moves
slower for me while I zoom to work in my car than it does for someone else
not in motion. I added a microsecond to my life on my flight last year to
Yellowstone National Park. I have faith in that.
The difference is, you engage in blind faith. <insert Stevie Winwood joke
here> You are forced to invent your evidence because none exists. And all
because you don't understand the natural world & are afraid of the unknown.
Free yourself, I say! Become a freethinker! Embrace the light of knowledge
rather than superstition! Join me!
> Personally, I don't have faith in Pete.
<gasp!> ;-) Well, you seemed to have faith that he was innocent right
after the accusations were made, when others (including me) weren't so sure.
> I just believed what he said because there was no proof of the accusa-
> tions to the extent they were exaggerated to.
I see. With Pete, proof matters. With "Someone" else, it doesn't.
> The facts in this whole mess show that Pete was telling the truth.
I see. With Pete, facts matter. With "Someone" else, they don't. Besides,
we didn't get many of the facts until much later. The details are still
trickling in - even now! Face it. You simply guessed, but guessed correct-
ly.
> Speculation is making up things that "may" have happened based on imagin-
> ary fears with no evidence to back these fears up.
I see. With Pete, evidence matters. With "Someone" else, it doesn't.
> I'm glad that Pete did post this though, because it shows that he cares.
Me, too, but it begs the question: Why didn't he tell us fans all this
before?
- SCHRADE in Akron
An extraordinary claim requires equally extraordinary evidence.
- Carl Sagan