From: Thomas (todcoul@koncon.koncon.nl)
Date: Wed Oct 02 2002 - 15:50:10 BST
I agree with you. Faith has much more to do with trusting. It has
to do with believing IN, instead of believing THAT. If I say to you,
"I believe in you", I am not saying that I believe that you exist.
It means I put my trust in you and that I have the trust / faith
that you will not misuse this trust. And trusting someone is always
a commitment - because one never can be completely sure how s.o.
actually IS.
And religious faith has much to do with this. A friend of mine (I
am not a christian) said that he understood his faith more as a believing
IN than a believing THAT. Although he has to assume the existence
of God (just as we assume the existence of our friends :o), what's
more important is that he believes IN God.
And this (religious of friendshiplike) trust / faith indeed guides
our actions and gives us inspiration & positive energy (hopefully).
yours
Thomas
At Wednesday, 2 October 2002, you wrote:
>What I'm saying is that the idea of faith is applied in a
>completely different way and under completely different
>circumstances than factual belief. In fact, belief isn't
>necessarily applied at all. A belief is a mental
>construct--a yes or no with some level of probability. One
>can't attach a probablity to faith. It isn't a matter of
>reaching the x% threshold of belief. Faith is a decision to
>live in a certain way and is applied by definition. A
>particular statement of faith isn't something that is true
>or false but something that either guides your actions or
>not.
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