(November 7, 2016 at 7:18 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(November 7, 2016 at 4:39 am)Little Rik Wrote: A student has faith in passing the exams.
A worker to be promoted to a better job.
Some atheists have faith that nobody create and run the universe.
I also have faith that God exist and run the universe.
Religious people have faith in their dogmas and so on.
You're equivocating different connotations of faith, and it does your "point" no good. Are you really saying that your faith in your god is no stronger than the belief of a student that he'll do well in an exam?
If that's the case, I'd say firstly that you should look at the different meanings attached to "faith", and after that, perhaps you should look at the depth of the faith you claim to hold ... because let's face it, we've all known (or been, for that matter) students who have faith in being able to pass a test, only to learn upon grading that that faith was misplaced.
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You're equivocating and deduce that I think that all type of faith must be good and that faith will lead to grasp the object of our desires.
A thief has faith that he will succeed in stealing or a killer in killing.
I never said that all faith is good.
You deduce that so you are wrong.
All I said is that everybody have faith in something and that's it.