Is faith subject to error?

SO I think the issue here is that the answerer started to give a psuedo philosophical answer..but then moved too quickly into a theological one, without FIRST establishing the underlining philosophy first.

Then moved right on into a sermon extolling 7th Day Adventist doctrine.

So you basically have an answer which is a bit rushed and MAY have been more compelling IF properly developed. -- it got you thinking.. didn't it.

But ultimately, in and of itself, is not that compelling.

To answer your question though.. Yes, faith can be misplaced and so like Science, this doesn't completely discount it, but instead underscores that we should be careful WHAT we put our faith in.

Not all faith is blind and some rests squarely on logic and reason. In other words, one may have good reason for their faith.. it is not completely baseless, therefore.

Secondly, I'd like to clarify your examples... We have to be careful to differentiate about being mistaken about the material details, however, overall correct in our conclusion OR the pinciples on which they rest on.

In the example of the Heliocentric model of the Universe. The material details were wrong.. TRUE. However, that is not all that the theory was about. The theory also postulated that Earth and mankind was a special creation of God.. different then the surrounding planets and THIS is partially why the theory stuck around for sometime. And the evidence at the time fit the theory nicely.

SCIENCE was just as duped as Religion.. and for a time.. Empirical data seemed to FIT with our theology.

So it would be slightly dishonest to use this as an example. But regardless can be used to show that a certain PRINCIPLE within that idea was and still is true. Regardless if we even find humanoid life on other planets.

This is where many people struggle. They confuse the material details with the underlining principle and often times end up throwing out the baby along with the bath water. - so to speak.

So in conclusion...

both our logic and our empirical data can both lead to erroneous conclusions. Therefore we can not merely go by one at the expense of the other, but are better off using both in their own repsective spheres and depending upon the situation.

Considering that faith is the basis for all religions a believer in a particular religion must think all other religions faiths are in error.

Faith is a judgment made based on insufficient evidence, which itself is an error of judgment.