Quote:So what have you got against trust, you trust things every day that are not in your control.
GC
I think you're confusing 'faith' with 'reasonable expectation'. When I flip a light switch in my home or shop, I have trust that the light will come one, since this has not only happened thousands of times but has happened more often than not. The trust I have that a darkened room will become a well-lit room isn't a matter of faith, it is a matter of reasonable expectation. If I were to trust that flipping the same switch would result in a tidal wave of hyper-intelligent Jaffa cakes spewing out of the light fixture - all of them dressed in tutus and wielding wickedly sharp pork sausages - that would be a matter of faith.
Christians expect to go to Heaven, Muslims to Paradise, Buddhists expect to achieve Nirvana. But none of these expectations can be called 'reasonable' because none of them represent a reliable experience. These expected definitions are matters of faith. One might even define faith as trust that things which have never happened before will happen tomorrow.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
