From: Brian Holtz [brian@holtz.org] Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 8:14 AM To: alt.atheism.moderated Subject: Re: On Perception of Reality Jim Humphries wrote: > Your definition [..] does not describe the faith of the believer. If your claim were true, you could answer my repeated challenge to name a single person of religious faith who does not satisfy my definition (or a single person lacking religious faith who nevertheless does satisfy my definition). But you cannot, because your claim is not true. > To posit just means to assume something. Here is the URL to Merriam-Webster's: http://www.m-w.com/ Before making any statement or asking any question concerning the definition of a term I use, please consult it to see if there is a sense in common usage which makes your statement wrong or your question superfluous. In this case, there are two such senses: 2. to assume or AFFIRM the existence of [emphasis added] 3. to propose as an explanation > > if the authority is Divine, we have Divine and infallible > > faith." > > > What has this got to do with your > definition: "positing an authority the statements of which are > considered exempt from doubt"? "Infallible" obviously implies "exempt from doubt". -- brian@holtz.org http://humanknowledge.net