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Some #StupidQuestionsForAtheists aren't actually that stupid. Questions about meaning and community, for example. In fact, as the years go by, these seem more and more important to me. "Isn't that just a different kind of faith" is still dumb though.

imo, it is a different kind of faith. at least for me. i dont claim to know anything about the origin of the universe or of its direction, but i have a faith (a prediction? or maybe a useful value?) that life is valuable & worth preserving. cant really prove this w/ any science

But I'm guessing you pass the "If X were true, then I would no longer believe Y" test here

hm. good point. so we're distinguishing between blind faith and faith then? oh, related qn that pops up for me: is there a practical difference between believing a story bc you think its true vs. believing it for its utility?