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What does having faith mean to you?

OmarKhayyam

Well-Known Member
""Faith" obviously means different things to different people and one cannot define "faith" with just one definition. Each persons definition of "faith" is true and then false to someone else at the same time.:rainbow1:

Just as I have "Faith" that someone will read this and disagree, I have "faith" that someone will believe.:flirt:

The one constant however with "faith" is that everyone has it in one form or another"


Any definition that is THAT amorphous and variable is essentially meaningless.:(
 
""Faith" obviously means different things to different people and one cannot define "faith" with just one definition. Each persons definition of "faith" is true and then false to someone else at the same time.:rainbow1:

Just as I have "Faith" that someone will read this and disagree, I have "faith" that someone will believe.:flirt:

The one constant however with "faith" is that everyone has it in one form or another"

Any definition that is THAT amorphous and variable is essentially meaningless.:(

Then please define "Life" Life is amorphous and variable, so does that make it meaningless? Please explain.:confused:
 

OmarKhayyam

Well-Known Member
From Merrian-Webster OnLine

1 a: the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body b: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings c: an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction2 a: the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up the existence of an individual b: one or more aspects of the process of living <sex life of the frog>

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Scott C.

Just one guy
""Faith" obviously means different things to different people and one cannot define "faith" with just one definition. Each persons definition of "faith" is true and then false to someone else at the same time.:rainbow1:

Just as I have "Faith" that someone will read this and disagree, I have "faith" that someone will believe.:flirt:

The one constant however with "faith" is that everyone has it in one form or another"

Any definition that is THAT amorphous and variable is essentially meaningless.:(

I would say that to have faith in God includes:

- A profound belief or confidence that God exists.
- A profound belief or confidence that God is good.
- A profound belief or confidence that God is all knowing and all powerful.
- A profound belief or confidence that God loves you, is concerned about you, and wants the best for you.
- A profound belief or confidence that God can, will, and does intervene in your life and the lives of others for your/their welfare.
- A profound belief or confidence that you, groups, communities, nations, etc. can affect the degree to which God will intervene in your/their or other's behalf (e.g., through prayer, through the exercise of faith, through obedience to God and good works)
- A profound belief or confidence in God that motivates you to positive action to serve those around you.
- A profound belief or confidence in God that brings you joy.
 
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Jeremiah

Well-Known Member
No! -- "Best" is not a synonym for rational. Ratiocination is a methodology; an algebra. Rational means arrived ar by reason or logic. That's its definition.



What does that mean: "...unreasonable attention on the objective, the actual and subjective?!" What else remains to attend to? :confused:
I'm just pointing out that the meaning of the word "rational" implies "arrived at by reason." I'm not making any value judgements about emotionalism.


Sorry, mate. You've lost me.


Emotional and reason may well arrive at the same decision, but the methodologies remain different.


"Sorry, mate. You've lost me."

Sorry, I did my best the rest is up to you.
 

Jeremiah

Well-Known Member
To me" Faith "means to believe with one's whole heart, without reservation and without quviocation. In a religious sense my "Faith" that a God exists and that the only way I can get to heaven is thru Jesus Christ. :yes:

For all of us earthly bound creatures having "faith" means that your heart will beat the next beat, that you will be able to draw your next breath. You have "faith" that your loved ones will continue to walk thru the door at the end of the day. You have "faith" that when you turn on the light switch that the light will come on.:eek:

"Faith" obviously means different things to different people and one cannot define "faith" with just one definition. Each persons definition of "faith" is true and then false to someone else at the same time.:rainbow1:

Just as I have "Faith" that someone will read this and disagree, I have "faith" that someone will believe.:flirt:

The one constant however with "faith" is that everyone has it in one form or another.:bow:
Matt:run:


:D


I do understand that view of "faith" it is very common.
 
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