RE: Question about "faith"
September 11, 2020 at 9:43 am
(This post was last modified: September 11, 2020 at 9:45 am by Mister Agenda.)
faith
/fāTH/
noun
noun: faith
1.
complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
"this restores one's faith in politicians"
2.
strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.
The problem with the word 'faith' is some people tend to switch back and forth between the senses of the word in order to equivocate. I have faith in the first sense, but not in the second. The OP is defining faith in the first sense, which has nothing to do with belief in God, gods, or religion. If he sticks to that he'll be fine, if he starts talking about faith in God, that's a whole different animal.
/fāTH/
noun
noun: faith
1.
complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
"this restores one's faith in politicians"
2.
strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.
The problem with the word 'faith' is some people tend to switch back and forth between the senses of the word in order to equivocate. I have faith in the first sense, but not in the second. The OP is defining faith in the first sense, which has nothing to do with belief in God, gods, or religion. If he sticks to that he'll be fine, if he starts talking about faith in God, that's a whole different animal.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.