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Originally Posted by PersonOfInterest
Should our beliefs always be based on factual evidence or should we allow that simply having faith that something is out there is enough reason to believe?
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Great question.
Faith. Belief. Knowledge.
I might have FAITH that the majority of people are well-intentioned even though in this day and age the evidence is often contrary to that. I BELIEVE that when I get on that 737 Thursday it will take to the air in Orlando and land in Minneapolis a few hours later, because I've experienced it numerous times. But what do I, or any of us, really know?
Rene' Descartes said itbest. "Cogito, ergo sum". That is all I KNOW for certain. The rest of the world might be a side-effect of a psychotropic medication.
Ain't philosophy grand?