In any case, "faith" does not come in when testing a hypothesis. In fact,
it's
lack of faith that is involved, after all if you had (enough) faith, you
wouldn't need to test it. So the original statement (maybe not yours) still
doens't ring for me - that testing a hypothesis is an act of faith, blind or
otherwise.

Testing a hypothesis is what got Moses' ass in trouble -- whacking the
rock with his stick, when the Big Guy had just told him to order it
verbally to gush water. No Promised Land for poor Moe.

Thus is Faith defined in Exodus.



I think that supports my point. I wasn't there so don't know what Moses was
thinking, but it was likely either:

"I don't believe what God told me to do will work. I'll try my method."

-- lack of faith in God's method. Lack of faith being defined in Exodus.
Lack of faith getting him in trouble. (for this to work, the thing one has no
faith in has to be true - lack of faith in gravity will get you into trouble
when you jump off a cliff)

or

"I wonder whether my new method will work."

-- curiosity getting him in trouble. This is similar to wondering whether
flying throug a thunderstorm is a good shortcut. Again, it is not faith that
gets you into trouble. Exodus may be defining curiosity this way, not faith.

In both cases, it is the fact that reality is different from the hypothesis,
and the testing of the hypothesis is dangerous, that gets you into trouble.
Poor expermiental design.

Jose



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