Darkman wrote:
> gpatton{at}bayou.com wrote in
> news:crm8vm$4lp$1{at}nikalinux.nikaconsulting.net:
>
> > lsenders{at}hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> >> Faith is ALWAYS based upon knowledge.
> >
> > I have been to a village in Korea that had at it's edge a huge
stone
> > fertility symbol about seven feet high.  Some females of the
village
> > had faith that if they preformed a certain ceremony near that large
> > male symbol they would as a results greatly increase their chances
of
> > becoming pregnant.
> >
> > That faith was based on something, but I am not sure
"knowledge" is
> > the best word to use.  So I think some people use the word
"always"
in
> > circumstances where I would choose to use a less restrictive term.
> >
>
> I am sorry but I must come down on the other side of the issue true
faith
> is based on blind trust of the object. Otherwise faith is in one's
powers
> of evaluation/knowledge not the object.

Does that mean that the ceremony did not greatly increase their chances
of becoming pregnant?

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