the difference between faith, belief and knowledge.
The mother *knows* that the child is hers, the father *believes* that the child is his, the child has *faith* that they are its parents.
We can have faith in the results produced by an electronic viting system; we may believe that it has displayed the correct result. We can never *know* that it is the true result.
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Date: 2004-01-22 07:52 am (UTC)The mother *knows* that the child is hers,
the father *believes* that the child is his,
the child has *faith* that they are its parents.
We can have faith in the results produced by an electronic viting system; we may believe that it has displayed the correct result. We can never *know* that it is the true result.