I think it's easier for me to explain what I'm getting at with an example. Let's say that we didn't know what caused people to catch a cold. One person might speculate that it's through an imbalance of bodily humors, and s/he believes that this is true. Another thinks it's because of the effect of a non-human entity acting on a person. Yet another thinks that it's from eating bad food. Each theory is equally valid until one is definitively disproven. And that has not yet happened with religion.Melody said:Define valid. I want to make sure we're talking about the same thing.
We can each have faith in our own speculation, and believe that it's true, but we might never know, with 100% certainty, that we are right. Though neither of us will be able to prove that our own personal belief is true, we both have equally valid belief systems--regardless of the fact that you believe your way to be true and I prefer mine. I have the same justification as you for believing what I believe, yet we can't both be totally right. But, we (and everyone else out there) have equally valid beliefs.