http://samsen.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/faith-is-not-blind/ A student's ramblings.... Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:10:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://samsen.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/faith-is-not-blind/#comment-17 samsen Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:46:43 +0000 http://samsen.wordpress.com/?p=161#comment-17 It was funny at that time, I was thinking "What?! Faith?!". Oh the irony of hearing the unutterable word in an academic setting... It was funny at that time, I was thinking “What?! Faith?!”. Oh the irony of hearing the unutterable word in an academic setting…

]]> http://samsen.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/faith-is-not-blind/#comment-16 samsen Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:41:32 +0000 http://samsen.wordpress.com/?p=161#comment-16 I remember a thing that happened during a university lecture that I attended. The lecturer was describing pathways involved in cellular respiration in eukaryotes. At one point she indicated that pathways other than the ones she is describing exist; After a pause she said that she is not going to say anything about them as she doesn't have the time but asked us--the students to believe in her. She used the word 'faith' saying, "please have faith in me". I was wondering at that time why some would utter the word 'faith' in a science class room. Obviously, she was asking the students to trust in her knowledge--to trust that she knows what she is talking about from their previous experience of her lectures. Faith here would reflect a biblical 'faith' view as I understand it in the form of informed "trust"... I remember a thing that happened during a university lecture that I attended. The lecturer was describing pathways involved in cellular respiration in eukaryotes. At one point she indicated that pathways other than the ones she is describing exist; After a pause she said that she is not going to say anything about them as she doesn’t have the time but asked us–the students to believe in her. She used the word ‘faith’ saying, “please have faith in me”. I was wondering at that time why some would utter the word ‘faith’ in a science class room. Obviously, she was asking the students to trust in her knowledge–to trust that she knows what she is talking about from their previous experience of her lectures. Faith here would reflect a biblical ‘faith’ view as I understand it in the form of informed “trust”…

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