Faith, Skepticism, Knowledge, Rationality
Definitions: Faith: The absence of doubts and questions, or the condition in which doubts and questions are not allowed. Skepticism: The condition in which doubts and questions and critical thinking are allowed, or the process by which a position is subjected to questions or doubts, but this is also the name of the belief that knowledge is impossible, as such. Knowledge: a position or belief which is held with the belief that it cannot be wrong or that its truth is the one and only possibility. Faith-based knowledge: knowledge that is held without doubt, without question, without testing, without evidence. Rational knowledge: knowledge that is held, and which is asserted or claimed to be known, but which is, or can be, doubted, questioned, tested, while still maintaining its status as knowledge, or knowledge which exists in a condition where doubts and questions and critical thinking are allowed. The tradition position holds that you must choose between faith-based knowledge or rationa...