RE: Faith
April 13, 2016 at 1:34 am
(This post was last modified: April 13, 2016 at 1:37 am by Athene.)
(April 13, 2016 at 12:05 am)Godschild Wrote: So what have you got against trust, you trust things every day that are not in your control.
GC
I trust that my paycheck will be deposited into my bank account while I am employed, and I have a good reason to believe so; Since I've been at this particular job, the money's always shown up, twice a month. I can withdraw the money. It's green! It spends!
I have even more trust that the sun will rise tomorrow morning. Let's face it: That's been happening a hell of a lot longer than I've been collecting paychecks.
Can't speak for Mr. Maelstrom, but I've got nothing against trust. Trust, to me, is having a reasonable expectation of a particular outcome, based on past patterns and/or behaviors. Much preferable to faith, in my opinion. In my view, faith is simply having an expectation based on the want or need of a desired outcome. It lends nothing to likelihood of such an outcome actually occurring.
Relying on faith, creates a sense unease in me; The feeling is akin (emotionally) to eating a New York hot dog with chili from Sonic. Very, very uncomfortable.
