S>
S>The difference between our faith and theological faith is that the man of
S>logic-based faith has the ability (and oft times responsibility) to admit that
S>his faith may be in error, which leads to growth and further discovery, wherea
S>the man of religion-based faith must never waver, lest he be condemned.
S>
This simply isn't true of everyone. My religous beliefs have changed quite
dramically over the years actually. And there are many like me. I've gone all
over the place from fundamentalist to athiest and have would up where I label
myself as a theist freindly agnostic.
I'm sure everyone here knows who Francis Collins is....right?
Dr. Francis Collins said:
"I had always assumed that faith was based on purely emotional and irrational
arguments, and was astounded to discover, initially in the writings of the
Oxford scholar C.S. Lewis and subsequently from many other sources, that one
could build a very strong case for the plausibility of the existence of God on
purely rational grounds. My earlier atheist's assertion that "I know there is no
God" emerged as the least defensible. As the British writer G.K. Chesterton
famously remarked, "Atheism is the most daring of all dogmas, for it is the
assertion of a universal negative."
[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/03/collins.commentary/index.html]
I can't wait to read his book "The Language of God: A Scientist Presents
Evidence for Belief." Why don't we all read it and critique it ourselves like
the impartial free-thinkers we all think we are?
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