The concept of 'faith'.. what is it?

Question

Faith in what? And why would someone want it? Is it a submission to something that we don't know anything about? Please help, I really don't understand this, and cannot relate to it..

Answer 1

Faith can be in anything, Money, power, politics, or science. It is what you think is going to come through for you. Many place their faith in God. We can not see, or hear God but we believe he will help us in time of need.
Sometimes people think that faith in God is the only faith there is, but it is faith in a politician when we go to the polls and vote for someone we think is going to solve all of America's problems

Answer 2

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2. This is what the ancients were commended for.

3. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

You ask why would someone want it. Do you have faith? It could be something so small as to believe that the sun will rise in the morning. Or it could be the saving faith, that Jesus is God's Son.

Without faith, there is no eternal life in Jesus Christ.

Answer 3

Faith is believing something to be true despite having no concrete evidence to back it up. How do you know you will still be alive tomorrow, its probably true but you can't be 100% certain. This planet could be struck by a meteor that was moving too fast to be detected and everyone wiped out in a blink of an eye. You still make plans, that's an act of faith.

Answer 4

Faith is a concept that illudes many, and that is sad. Sometimes, having faith in another person can make a difference. Having faith in God can make you whole. I've had difficulties maintaining it..so I'm no expert..But I do know that faith is a beautiful thing to have, and a catastrophic thing to lose.

Answer 5

Faith need not have anything to do with God.It is a feeling that human beings have in something that they cannot see or hear or feel or touch, there is nothing solid to back-up this feeling but none-the-less they do know it is there and stick with it. There is a saying that `Faith will move mountains.`

Answer 6

Faith is believing in something and not questioning it.

Thats as simple as it gets.

Basically faith when it comes to religion is believing in God no matter what happens in the world, no matter what happens to your friends and believing that even if your friend gets shot tommorow. Its all part of Gods plan.

Basically i dont understand "faith" why someone would believe anything without any sort of evidence is beyond me.

Answer 7

only the hopeful have faith, faith is just a load of old hogwash, mans attempt to distinguish the difference between moral values, i.e murder = bad, god = good, devil = bad, love thy neighbour = good, hump thy neighbour's wife = bad, and a longing wish that there is a better place that makes sense of the existence we endure now. there is no heaven for us, we are all already here in hell, by any definition of the place.

Answer 8

Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not yet seen

Answer 9

Well by the concept of faith do you mean religion?
Your question is do broad, the concept of faith in what?

To me the concept of faith applies to my religious beliefs. It is to have absolute trust in God, and to know that everything good and bad comes from Him.
This is the concept of faith to me. It pertains to my religion.
The full meaning of Faith in Islam is not, by any means, something nominal or mere formality. Faith in Islam is a state of happiness acquired by virtue of positive action and constructive conceptions as well as dynamic and effective measures.
The Holy Qur’an and the Traditions of Muhammad define these required measures and establish the standards which build up a meaningful faith.
1.Those who believe in God, His angels, His Books as completed by the Qur’an, His messengers with Muhammad being the Last of them all, the Day of Final Judgement, the absolute knowledge and wisdom of God.
2.Those who trust God always and enjoy unshakable confidence in Him.
3.Those who spend in the way of God of what He has given them in the form of wealth, life, health, knowledge, experience, and so on.
4.Those who observe their daily prayers regularly as well as the weekly and annual congregations.
5.Those who pay their religious taxes (alms or Zakah) to the rightful beneficiaries (individuals or institutions), the minimum of which is two and half percent of the annual “net” income, or of the total value of stocks if in business – after discounting all expenses and credits.
6.Those who enjoin the right and good, and combat the wrong and evil by all lawful means at their disposal.
7.Those who obey God and His Messenger Muhammad; and feel increasing strength of faith when the Qur’an is recited, and humility of heart when God’s name is mentioned.
8.Those who love God and His Messenger most, and love their fellow men sincerely for the sake of God alone.
9.Those who love their near and distant neighbors and show genuine kindness to their guests, especially the strangers.

10.Those who say the truth and engage in good talk, or else abstain.
the very meaning of Faith makes Islam penetrate deeply and constructively into every aspect of life. True Faith has decisive effect on the spiritual and material lot of man, and also on his personal and social behavior as well as his political conduct and financial life.

Answer 10

it is the beleife in something you cant see. like god, nobody would believe in god if he was a god that nobody knows anything about, so one investigates gods claims, what he said about life and how to live it about the earth how to treat it the hard part and the easy . his understanding, just like you would when you examin a pol party. if you like it you vote for them if you like god you follow him loving god means you love his system, but one has to find what that realy is.