The conflation of faith as "unevidenced belief” with its vernacular use as "confidence based on experience” is simply a word trick used to buttress religion. (Jerry Coyne)

The conflation of faith as "unevidenced belief” with its vernacular use as "confidence based on experience” is simply a word trick used to buttress religion.

Jerry Coyne

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