I don't understand the question. To me they are the same. But if you mean does your belief rely on faith or on physical evidence, I would say that faith is #1 for me, and evidence only backs it up for me.
Depends on the issue. True faith is belief in things that are true. Faith isn't supposed to be in fiction, so it's not really a dichotomy, unless you mean faith vs. evidence or proven fact?
In any case, they're intertwined. In some cases you'll know a lot about a topic intellectually, and that can free your skeptical mind enough to reach out with faith and be able to go beyond the level of understanding you started with. In other cases, you find something you perhaps don't understand fully, but the Spirit touches you, something about it resonates with you, and you make that leap of faith, believe in it, and that prompts you to search out everything you can find about it, so you deepen your understanding of what it is you have faith in.
And ether way, I think you progress in both faith and knowledge. You continue studying and continue praying.
With some things you don't need faith. The Word of Wisdom for example. It is a proven fact that smoking causes lung cancer and other bad things. Back in pioneer times that had to take it on faith. Today we don't.
With most things, faith is a least the first step in understanding. After a while, what you once had to accept on faith alone becomes clear and makes sense.
So to answer the question, I prefer faith, prayer and pondering. Those things will lead to the truth.
I would also like to add that I'm not really into the FARMS thing and things like it. In those situations it's just better to have faith. That's my opinion anyway.
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But if you mean does your belief rely on faith or on physical evidence, I would say that faith is #1 for me, and evidence only backs it up for me.
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In any case, they're intertwined. In some cases you'll know a lot about a topic intellectually, and that can free your skeptical mind enough to reach out with faith and be able to go beyond the level of understanding you started with. In other cases, you find something you perhaps don't understand fully, but the Spirit touches you, something about it resonates with you, and you make that leap of faith, believe in it, and that prompts you to search out everything you can find about it, so you deepen your understanding of what it is you have faith in.
And ether way, I think you progress in both faith and knowledge. You continue studying and continue praying.
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With most things, faith is a least the first step in understanding. After a while, what you once had to accept on faith alone becomes clear and makes sense.
So to answer the question, I prefer faith, prayer and pondering. Those things will lead to the truth.
I would also like to add that I'm not really into the FARMS thing and things like it. In those situations it's just better to have faith. That's my opinion anyway.
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