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03-13-03
Someone may still need faith to believe in something even if the proof, perhaps "evidence" is a better word, is there but lacking or inconclusive.
Proof does not necessarily negate faith, since faith can be defined as belief in the absence of proof or in the face of proof against it. This occurs when creationists presented with evidence of an old earth, respond with the Omphalos argument claiming that god gave the earth only the appearance of antiquity. This is a clear case of proof not negating faith, but overlapping it with more faith. How proof affects faith is determined be the judgement of the believer. |