Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Faith allows avoiding evidence-based thinking, acting as a defense against critical evaluation.
- In plain terms
- Faith excuses people from thinking and checking evidence.
- What can you take from it?
- Critical thinking requires valuing evidence over belief without proof.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can belief be rational without evidence?
Another view
Some view faith as a source of hope rather than just evasion.
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