red sox 777 posted...
To move from a faith based belief to one of reason and logic means the rejection of the faith that led you to the original conclusion. If you do not believe the original conclusion, how can you be said to have faith in it?
But you said that faith was not the same as belief. If faith is not belief, but only evidence, surely I can have evidence supporting a position, other evidence supporting the other side, and choose one?
I use "to have faith in something" the way most people do, that was semantic on my part. When I say that, I mean "A belief that stems from faith, or a conclusion reached without evidence". Like when someone says "I have faith you" meaning "I have the belief that you'll come through. Why? I just do."
That out of the way, faith is the belief of something without evidence. Therefore you could not move from a faith based belief and be wooed to a different belief through evidence and still retain the faith. You can make the logical conclusion from the evidence presented to you and decide which one you want to go with. That would be based on critical thinking, as you are analyzing the premises and evidence, and thus removing faith from the equation.
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