Sam Harris defines faith as:

A. the ultimate solution to all the world's problems.
B. the license to keep believing when reasons fail.
C. a supernatural kind of knowledge that is more certain than reason.
D. the right and privilege of any free-thinking individual.
E. the handmaiden of reason, without which reason would be sterile.


Answer: B

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