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Re:Perseverance Toward Life Goals Can Fend Off Depression, A... by britr on Saturday July 25, 2020 @12:12AM (#23946786)
Why do you think faith has to be "blind" and confidence "unjustified"?
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Re:Perseverance Toward Life Goals Can Fend Off Depression, A... by kerkeslager on Saturday July 25, 2020 @09:01AM (#23948862)
They don't have to be, but in the absence of evidence, they are. That's just true by the definitions of the words.

Put another way: not all faith is blind, but faith without skepticism is blind faith; not all confidence is unjustified, but in the confidence without justification (evidence) is unjustified.

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