[ExI] Faith, Religion, Science and PCR [was Re: Tolerance]]

[MB]

Fred Moulton writes:
>
> To summarize: Science (and by science I include all scholarly inquiry) must contain
> doubt and continual testing to refute error.  To use a term such as "faith" which
> has as one of its common usages "the absence of doubt" seems to me to be
> counter-productive.  In discussing science one can say "confidence with continual
> testing and criticism" and be more accurate and less confusing than saying "faith".
> That is why personally I try to only use the word "faith" when discussing religion;
> I have found doing so eliminates a lot of misunderstanding.

The word "believe" has many similar connotative drawbacks for me.  I frequently see
it used where "think" might be more appropriate.

Not to be confused with the meaningless uses such as "I believe in this town" as a
political comment....

Regards,
MB