keenman comments on Faith and theory - Less Wrong

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Comment author: keenman 31 March 2011 06:07:37PM 1 point [-]

Faith: having an unprovable axiom in your belief system that simply states that everything will work out in the end.

What I like about this definition is that it separates all religion and almost all spirituality from the discussion of faith, leaving a small pearl that you can hold onto, knowing full well it's unprovable and not subject to reason.