This is essentially the response I was hoping for... thank you. And this is a belief test, not a religious belief test, as you point out; although the test is couched in terms of religious belief. I am mistaking lack of concrete religious belief for lack of belief, or mistaking religious belief for the full range measured by this test. Nevertheless, my overall feeling is that my beliefs are not strong or focused enough to constitute a serious faith... in fact I'm unsure I understand the concept of faith. My rants are attempts at scientific dissection. Obviously they're not objective (since objectivity is a mythical state anyway), but they attempt to be logical, in as much as logic is any more accurate a way of understanding the world than belief in demons or ill humors are. I have faith in the scientific process... whether the functioning of my mind is sufficiently logical enough for this process to divulge an objective reality is another question.
And now, an aside. You would agree that human beings are incapable of true objectivity, correct? If this is the case, then of what use is absolute truth, even if it exists, to creatures who cannot perceive it?
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Date: 2002-08-22 14:15 (UTC)And now, an aside. You would agree that human beings are incapable of true objectivity, correct? If this is the case, then of what use is absolute truth, even if it exists, to creatures who cannot perceive it?