Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of a lack of evidence? If one could find the evidence, would then the faith be dead?

  • -- Clifford D. Simak 西马克·克利福德

信仰一定就是这样吗?在缺乏证据的情况下,愿意并有能力去相信吗?如果能找到证据,那么信仰会消亡吗?

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Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message.

展望未来,我相信,高等教育、科学、技术、研究和学术对我们的生活质量、经济实力和我们在许多方面的安全的潜在重要性将继续是最重要的信息。

I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.

我不知道宇宙中是否有任何智能设计的证据,但我可以向你保证,成千上万的日常产品中没有。

Hoods are good parts because they're always flashy and attract attention. If you've got any ability, you can use that as a stepping stone.

兜帽是很好的部分,因为它们总是很华丽,能吸引注意力。如果你有任何能力,你可以把它当作垫脚石。

Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.

大自然并不满足于否定他的思考能力,而是赋予他写作的能力。

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

一种观点被广泛接受,这一事实并不能证明它不是完全荒谬的。

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.

在很大程度上,对神圣事业的信仰是对我们失去的信仰的一种替代。

We have a good arrangement. Roman lies to me and I pretend to believe him.

我们安排得很好。罗曼对我说谎,我假装相信他。

I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith.

我没有选择把信仰作为一个问题。