Comment by kgwxd
4 days ago
Belief is acting as if something, for which no evidence has been given, is true. Imagination, taken too far. No one is telling you to believe anything here, they're suggesting we search for clues to support or disprove a theory. Or don't, it's up to you.
That's not the definition of belief. Belief can have various levels of different kinds of evidence behind it. Scientific, historical, philosophical, experiential, etc. A belief could have more or less scientific evidence than other beliefs, but rarely is belief predicated on no evidence whatsoever.
Do I really have to include the exact definition of every word I ever use? You know damn well I'm talking about blind faith and scientific evidence. And you know damn well OP is completely dismissing a theory because they're confusing it with a demand for blind faith. I don't care what people want to believe, but if they start labeling things incorrectly, I'm going to point it out.