Is that what I am being told here? There is no difference between faith, as in faith in an observable object, and faith, as in faith in a supreme being?
2006-09-30 10:34:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sort of, but more complicated because the lack of "observable" objectivity. Faith in your chair working would be backed by a few more certainties. Faith in a supreme being would be more like:
You've never seen a chair before.
Twenty people on one side of "it" are saying "it" won't work.
Twenty people on the other side of "it" saying "it" will work.
Do you sit down? If you sit down, you have faith that "it" will work. If you decide not to sit down you believe "it" won't work or won't work as "it" is reported to. You can have faith against something as much as for something.
2006-09-30 10:43:13 · answer #1 · answered by reformed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soooooooooort of, in a strange way.
Faith is trust in something or someone known and proven to you over time. You may have faith in your brother-in-law to show up on time because he has always been a punctual person. You may have faith to believe that your chair will hold your weight, because it has always done so. You may have faith that your co-worker will ask you to spot them $5 right after payday, because they have done this for the last 3 years.
Faith is the firm expectation that a person or object will act in a way already proven. It is NOT the beginning of a relationship or a religious belief. If anything, faith comes AFTER the thing or person has been proven, not before.
If you are looking to exercise faith in a religious sense, you must first explore the existence of God. Then, after you KNOW he exists, your faith in your relationship with Him will grow.
2006-09-30 17:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Faith is Faith. Believing in the impossible. Good luck with your chair though. At least if it doesn't work you can get it fixed professionally. I'd beware of priests, they seem to busy molesting young boys that they won't be able to fix our lack of "faith."
2006-09-30 17:38:12 · answer #3 · answered by Ancient Forever Lost 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only faith I want is Faith Hill
2006-09-30 17:37:18 · answer #4 · answered by frank m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, faith is faith, not Faith with a capital F
2006-09-30 17:41:27 · answer #5 · answered by bones 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference. You know that if your chair isn't broken, it will not collapse when you sit on it. That's something you are sure of.
I have no proof that God exists, but I believe He does. That's faith.
2006-09-30 17:38:05 · answer #6 · answered by The Gadfly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is one of those dumb analogies
you don't need faith to know that your chair will work
just the knowledge that a lot R&D and Quality Control went in to building it
no one other hand if its a biblicel chair i wouldnt have any faith in it at all
2006-09-30 17:37:28 · answer #7 · answered by Truthasarous rex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in theory.
If you believe in your heart that something will or will not work, according to your knowledge of the situation, that is faith.
2006-09-30 17:36:40 · answer #8 · answered by cindy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One is quite a bit more logical. I would not think that a person who makes one assumption also assumes everything else.
2006-09-30 17:39:38 · answer #9 · answered by reverenceofme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have deep faith that dominos will deliver my pizza in 30 minutes or less...
2006-09-30 17:39:58 · answer #10 · answered by fatgirl2food 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋