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The Mystery of Faith in Being 100 Feet Tall

Faith is often used as a code word for claiming infallibility concerning whatever a person "believes" to be true. Here's an example from Quentin Smith.

"So how do theists respond to arguments like this? [The Argument from Evil] They say there is a reason for evil, but it is a mystery. 

Well, let me tell you this: I'm actually one hundred feet tall even though I only appear to be six feet tall. 

You ask me for proof of this. I have a simple answer: it's a mystery. 

Just accept my word for it on faith. And that's just the logic theists use in their discussions of evil." 

Quentin Smith, "Two Ways to Defend Atheism"  

"Faith," in this sense, means the person is "infallible" in their choice to "believe"  they are telling you a sacred "truth" about themself, despite the listener's own inability to either see evidence that the person is actually 100 feet tall, or to understand, let alone accept "in faith," the "mystery" of how a person can be 100 feet tall even though they only appear to be six feet tall. 

 The result of such "faith" means the person making the claim will be offended if you do not accept what they have decided to "believe" is true, and the strength of that "faith" is determined solely by how committed the person is to believing it is true, including their willingness to die for such a "faith," despite all evidence to the contrary of such a "belief," and regardless of how insane such a devotion to such a "faith" clearly is to any sane person. 

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