Pro photog's worst nightmares

David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
On Wednesday, April 13, 2011 4:41:10 AM UTC-5, Whisky-dave wrote:
On Apr 13, 9:07Â*am, PAkins
wrote:

"Belief is not the beginning but the end of all knowledge." Â*- Â*Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe

True but it's a good start to understanding.

I rather think you're missing the point there.

What I think Goethe was saying was that "belief" actively interferes
with understanding. "Belief" is very different from "the evidence
seems to me to indicate thus-and-such".

It becomes clearer once you quote the original.
"Der Glaube ist nicht der Anfang, sondern das Ende allen Wissens."

"Der Glaube" is religion. Faith. Belief, if you wish.
Christianity as one specia case of religion.

-Wolfgang