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Quote by: Zhavric  Please explain how internal convinctions can be of any use to us in describing & understanding the external world. Faith cannot be used to understand the universe beyond our own imaginings & thoughts. |
A person without the ability to have faith can not pursue investigating a phenomena which has no present basis of real world perception. We have five senses, if you want to consider things outside of those five senses you must have the concept of faith.
You touch an electrical wire and get shocked. You believe there is something that you can try to understand there. People tell you it is electricity. Can you touch, taste, feel, smell, or hear it. At first you might believe you can, but through further investigation you find that your senses only deal with electricity on a much different level than they would with lets say water.
You have faith that the models described to you have enough validation to them to do something constructive. Like keeping yourself from being electrocuted.
If a person truely has no faith in anything, I have the faith that they will probably have a short life as running in front of a moving car will probably end their life. Though I've never done it my self of course.
Faith is a necessary element of investigation and learning.
We may not like to mix words tainted with religious reference with words of logic, but the word should not be penalized for being abused.