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Comment author: buybuydandavis 12 February 2016 05:07:35AM 0 points [-]

I think it's fine to call it faith in sensory experience - I choose to use it as data.

The second is the stronger argument, IMO.

Actually, if the Rev made that argument to religious people, that would be a strong argument in favor of basic empiricism. You only get to God through empiricism.

Though that's probably a better argument for a Deist than a Methodist.

Comment author: polymathwannabe 12 February 2016 01:41:02PM 0 points [-]

I think it's fine to call it faith in sensory experience - I choose to use it as data.

What else could you ever possibly use as data?

Comment author: buybuydandavis 14 February 2016 11:18:10PM 0 points [-]

Things you imagine. Things you reasoned "a priori".