Definition of Faith

Easy Going · #1 2003-09-09, 18:02

If you have faith, what is your definition of it, and how do you decide to have faith in one belief and not another?

-Easy

Dark_Magneto · #2 2003-09-09, 19:45

Faith is not logically consistent.

One can have faith in one thing and not another, despite the fact that they are equally credible and have equal merit.

RIGHTEOUS IMPIETY · #3 2003-09-09, 21:24

Faith is believing what you know isn't true.

#4 2003-09-09, 21:24

You generally have the faith that's most ably promoted to you, whether by your parents or some outside agent.

Wings Of Azrael · #5 2003-09-09, 22:43

Faith is undying belief and trust in God, whom unbelievers can not disprove, and whom believers will never have enough proof of for them.

Kikey_Kikeowitz · #6 2003-09-09, 22:54

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by RIGHTEOUS IMPIETY:

Faith is believing what you know isn't true.

Faith is believing in what you don't know to be true or not.

Easy Going · #7 2003-09-09, 22:59

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by Wings Of Azrael:

Faith is undying belief and trust in God, whom unbelievers can not disprove, and whom believers will never have enough proof of for them.

No fair using terms like "prove" or "disprove" that presuppose reason..

..unless you explain how they apply to faith of course.

-Easy

Faithless · #8 2003-09-09, 23:04

Faith is a gut / heart feeling thats something feels right whether the brain agree's with it or not.

me? · #9 2003-09-09, 23:16

Faith is believing what you want to believe, whether it makes sense or not, and not caring what others think of it. Basically faith is a crock of shit

bkc · #10 2003-09-10, 03:16

Faith means you believe in something. You can also believe in something negative, like "God doesn't exist". But this is really the same thing, of course, as saying you don't believe. Belief then becomes unbelief. So, do you believe or not believe?

It really doesn't matter, because belief can be seen as unbelief, or faith can be seen as lack of faith.

No matter what you can find to believe in, I can find a reason not to believe in it, as has been demonstrated over and over in history. You can never overcome this fact.

So is there anything to believe in? Yes, it is this idea about faith. God is this idea that there is no final support for anything, except this. Then this becomes your final support.

This is pure faith, without an object. Or you can call it unfaith.