>> I'm sure it is, but the only way to tell if faith is reasonable
>> is through logical/linguistic analysis.
>
>Hmmm... David, isn't this akin to you being given a page of sheet music
>and when, asked if it's any good, you replying, "Well, the only way to
>tell if it is mathematically consistent is to translate it to numbers and
>do the equations." You're talking apples and oranges here!
>
>Play the music and see how it /sounds/.
That's an amusing analogy but I don't think it holds in this situation.
Remember that this whole thing started because John took exception to
the way I took exception to faith. If it was merely a matter of
aesthetics I could just say "faith (qua credulity) is hideous" and
that would be the end of the story.
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/