The Biblical Paul did not say “appearance.” He didn’t say “assumption.” He said “evidence.”

We’ll explore this a little further in our next post, a companion poem, “If You’d Never Seen an Apple, Would You Believe That They Exist?”

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Recorded Reading (1:15): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5fiqdhjoysro7eokzof78/Faith-is-Not-Blind.mp3?rlkey=5byahs2t2y2c55bj5i4o99vqc&st=bx50a5v9&dl=0

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Faith is Not Blind

Faith is not blind
Indeed it seeth more,
With gaze compassionate
Expression calm and kind
In depth and breadth more great,
Than any vision of th’ unaided mind

Unaided by the heart
And instinctive gut
And by the knowing soul
Dissected not apart
Harmoniously whole:
Herein of faith lieth the worthy art

Taken not on word,
The scuttlebutt
Of any mundane source
By outer ear be heard —
No credulity force
No effort untoward

The road lies in between
Uncertainty’s belief
And science’ certainty:
Since ancient times hath been
The cleansed eye clearer see
Present “evidence of things unseen”

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