In the context of religious faith. doubt * belief = 1
If doubt = 0 then belief = 1/0 = singularity = God If certainty = 0 then doubt = 1/0 = noGod In most Eastern religions people are somewhere in between and see no harm in (occasionally) worshiping things they don't always believe in (sort of like insurance). So yes, belief and doubt are normally present in varying degrees for the same proposition in the vast majority of believers / doubters. Sarbajit On 9/26/12, Nicholas Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > If it is true that, > > "Russ believes that his old and broken down motorcycle "can" take him from > A > to B, but he doesn't have faith that it "will"" > > Can it also be true that Russ doubt whether his ... motorcycle can take him > from A to B? Is it the case that, on your understanding, doubt and belief > can exist in a person at the same time with respect to the same > proposition? > > > Nick > > -----Original Message----- > From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On > Behalf > Of Sarbajit Roy > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 9:37 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] faith > > It would take the inverse form > > Faith is absolute acceptance whereas Belief is limited/conditional > acceptance. > > So Russ may have belief in X without having faith in it. > > eg. > "Russ believes that his old and broken down motorcycle "can" take him from > A > to B, but he doesn't have faith that it "will"" > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
