Dave wrote:
It seems to me that hope, faith and knowledge are all in a continuum and
that as the degree of assurance rises that we use different words to
describe the probability that something is in fact true about reality or
at least our perception of reality.
Yes, and I like the perceptive approach to reality; science seems to be an
art of model making. The ultimate reality of something seems beyond our
grasp.
Regarding the differences within this "continuum", my favorite example of
the difference between faith (trust) and knowledge is one given by an
evangelist of long ago. He said, essentially, that when a child obeys his
father by not putting his hand in the campfire, he is acting on faith that
the fire will hurt him. If, however, he then puts his hand in the fire, no
faith is required. he now knows!
"Coope"
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Received on Wed Aug 27 17:45:19 2008
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