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Since the things people have faith in (like gods) can never be tested, or proven real, there is never any true way to know if results people ascribe to "faith" are genuinely a consequence of that faith, or just coincidence, or a persons own will, or some other force at work behind the scenes.
Furthermore, since we can never know for certain if devoutness actually makes a difference, there is no more risk in simply believing one ones self, over something external. When you get right down to it, the measure of a persons faith in times of difficulty is purely a consequence of their willpower. A person either loses faith, or maintains faith, so what is the difference between believing strongly in yourself so as to maintain steadfast faith, or simply believing in yourself above everything else?
The result will be the same, and you can never prove "something" intervened on your behalf anyway.
2007-01-16
11:16:58
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