"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."

Friday 6 February 2009

Fideism

Today's word comes with special thanks to David, author of Jesus and Mo, for reasons which will become apparent....

Fideism is the doctrine that faith is the basis of all knowledge; the view that religious belief relies primarily on faith or special revelation, rather than rational inference or observation.


(Reproduced by special permission of jesusandmo.net.)

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