Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm hoping, probably naively, that this won't turn into a bun fight.
So, I've not Googled the meaning of religious faith but I will just share some of my thoughts here.
There are a lot of religions in the world. They can't all be right, can they?
Surely if what a person of faith believes is true, that particular faith must be true for everyone?
After death we can't all be shooting off to different places, can we?
I haven't read about this but a friend of mine (autistic) has a special interest in faith and reads reams of books.
He is particularly interested in Shamanism and I find that quite fascinating.
I find ancient and 'Tribal' religions of great interest.
I'm agnostic.
However, I'm not sure which fence I sit on as all the major religions have something to offer but some of them have caused a lot of death and suffering too over the centuries.
My husband believes that the world was created by aliens. Is this a faith too, even if not a religious one?
People sometimes talk as though they know that their faith is true.
However, how can it be as the word 'faith' is explicitely saying it's a belief.
It can't be proven as what happens after death can't be known.
Also even if historical figures such as Jesus did live (and there is evidence that this is true) it's our interpretation of their signficance that is pertinent.
Hence the word 'faith'.
If you have a faith, please share why you believe if you care to.
Please also just share your thoughts on this.
Thanks.
well faith the word is like... trust.. or hope...think of it this way, you are to fall backwards in a test of trust in a partner. your partner is supposed to catch you, if he doesnt you fall on the floor and crack your head.... you trust and believe your partner will catch you, so you do it, this is faith. you have faith in someone elses action that you would do something harmful like fall backwards when you dont control that other person yet are reliant on them to catch you and not let you fall. theres no proof that the person will catch you, yet you do a dangerous self harmful thing anyone on faith that they will.now in reality they may not catch you and you may crack your head... this is why knowledge is better, for this knowledge would be getting a foam floor or a mattress beneath you, so your know if the person didnt catch you you have knowledge it wont hurt as youd just fall safely on the mattress.so in a way faith is assumptive, while knowledge is superior and secure and absolute.if religious people truly believed their religion they wouldnt call it a faith theyd say it is knowledge and absolute fact. this use of faith puts it on assumptive level of theory, meaning they arnt sure themselves by the wording of faith.