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Old Nov 1, 2006, 09:32 pm   #13 (permalink) (top)
Jack
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The point here is that many people become atheists because they want to avoid having to use faith in there systems of beliefs.
In my case I would tweak that slightly so as to read, "The point here is that many people become atheists when they can no longer accept religious faith as a system of belief."
There is generic faith and religious faith. Hume realized that we all operate on a certain level of faith but religious faith is a whole different animal.


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