In that the second definition is not what the word means in the context of religious faith, which is the context here.
"The context is clear that he was using the definition of faith as 'belief that is not based on proof.'"
Who? the_rukh? Yes, that's the problem: he's wrong to use that definition. He's responding to the OP's use of the word, but that's not what the OP means, and it's not what the word means in the subject matter being treated by the OP.
"I don't understand how you see that it's a strange use of the word."
I didn't say it was a strange use of the word, I said it's not what the word means here.
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Date: 11/6/11 05:27 (UTC)In that the second definition is not what the word means in the context of religious faith, which is the context here.
"The context is clear that he was using the definition of faith as 'belief that is not based on proof.'"
Who? the_rukh? Yes, that's the problem: he's wrong to use that definition. He's responding to the OP's use of the word, but that's not what the OP means, and it's not what the word means in the subject matter being treated by the OP.
"I don't understand how you see that it's a strange use of the word."
I didn't say it was a strange use of the word, I said it's not what the word means here.