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From: Amanda Walker <amanda@walker.reston.va.us>
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Subject: Re: Magicians and Religion
Date: 08 Aug 1998 21:40:19 -0400
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sy@icon.co.za (sy.) writes:
> What is the difference between faith and belief?

Beliefs are propositions which a person assumes to be true in the
absence of evidence (or in many cases, in the presence of evidence
to the contrary).  Beliefs are generally wrong, in my experience.

Faith is a different sort of thing entirely.


Amanda Walker