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I do have one small comment to make about faith though...the modern english dictionary does describe faith as a belief in something "without evidence or proof", BUT the greek word that is used to descibe faith in the new testament (NT) in the bible is the word "pistis". Pistis holds the Christian definition for faith, NOT todays modern english dictionary.
Pistis = conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it
relating to God;
the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ
relating to Christ;
a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God
the religious beliefs of Christians
belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same
fidelity, faithfulness
the character of one who can be relied on
As you can all see from this definition the addition of "without proof/ evidence" is clearly associated with the humanistic idea (which you are all free to hold too) which presupposes the non-existence of God and thus concludes there can be no evidence.
As I said earlier we all reason towards the conclusions we hold to accoriding to what you believe to be true from what you read in books, hear from others, and experience in life. This is the same for me too. Science that begins with the presuppostion that God does not exist can never disprove his existence simply because the possiblity of the evidence pointing to Him is removed from the whole process. You cannot disprove something unless you actually are willing to look at and consider all the available information and facts, AND be willing for your hypothesis to be wrong.
Take it easy PCS crew. Have a safe and jhoy filled Christmas.
Dano