(March 7, 2009 at 7:25 am)fr0d0 Wrote: I strongly disagree. Faith = doubt = questioning.Now I'm going to be the one to pull out the dictionary:
faith -noun
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another's ability.
2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.
3. belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion: the firm faith of the Pilgrims.
4. belief in anything, as a code of ethics, standards of merit, etc.: to be of the same faith with someone concerning honesty.
5. a system of religious belief: the Christian faith; the Jewish faith.
6. the obligation of loyalty or fidelity to a person, promise, engagement, etc.: Failure to appear would be breaking faith.
7. the observance of this obligation; fidelity to one's promise, oath, allegiance, etc.: He was the only one who proved his faith during our recent troubles.
8. Christian Theology. the trust in God and in His promises as made through Christ and the Scriptures by which humans are justified or saved.
How do any of those mean "doubt" or "questioning". Faith is the opposite of doubt, it is believing something even though you have no evidence to back it up. Hence why when we ask Christians "but why believe in God?" they reply "You just have to have faith".
