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agree - the word "Faith" gets mistakenly eschewed by atheists,
as belonging to the religious faithful. Not so.  Belief in the
irrational - in things unseen - is actually what most atheists
rightfully argue against and detest.  As atheists, most of us
have 'faith' in the idea that science can answer any question,
given the time and the technology. And we have faith in our
evolving technology, to meet our needs. Thing is, there's
"faith" with substance behind it and "faith" with NO substance
... and the word itself has been so overused in the second
instance that I refuse to use it in reference to my own
subscription to the discipline of science. Yes, that is why so
many arguments eventually boil down to semantics. If we were all
able to agree on the exact definitions of words, much heated
debate would simply evaporate.  It kinda reminds me of this
quote I just saw posted on another forum:  Some discoveries
provide answers to questions. Other discover