An Improbable Definition of Faith   Today’s problematic
definition of ‘faith’ comes from Loftus, himself, as he expands
his description of faith as “an irrational leap over the
probabilities.”  While emailing a Christian friend, he offered
the following definition:  In my opinion faith is what fills in
the gaps of the probabilities. If, say there is a 70 %
probability something is the case then to conclude more than
that 70% probability is faith, and I reject faith based
reasoning like that. To reject that kind of faith is to live and
operate based on the probabilities. If there is a 70 % chance of
something then that’s all I can conclude and that’s all I can
use to base my decisions on. And so I could never give my whole
life over to a 70% probability. I could only give 70% of my life
over to a 70% probability. This is Lessing’s ditch when applied
to the past, as you know. Kierkegaard responded by acknowledging
Lessing’s point and therefore decided faith must go beyond what
the evidence calls for. And that’s