if yes what is it
2007-01-21 02:56:00 · 13 answers · asked by gasp 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, there is not. Religions push the idea of "faith" being a good thing only because they have no evidence to back their claims. Therefore, they just have to tell people to just believe. Religions bolster people's faith through emotional manipulation. If you listen to any religious person go on about their "faith" for long enough, you'll notice all the appeals to emotion.
This is a very effective tactic because humans have been emotional animals for far longer than rational ones. All humans have emotional insecurities, and religion will try to leverage all of them. The strongest of this leveraging is in the indoctrination of children.
2007-01-21 02:58:30 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'd say they are the same thing. And to support my answer, I'll use someone else's definition:
"Faith is a gift from God...a sort of conviction. Wishful thinking is purely human and uncertain."
But this would imply that faith could only exist in one god. And different religions have different gods. So by definition most religious faith would have to be no more than wishful thinking. If most of it is, how do you distinguish between wishful thinking and real faith?
To me the answer is obvious. They are all wrong and their faith is wishful thinking. And if a Christian were to believe that a Hundu has faith, then this would undermine the whole definition for all religions. Only one can be right. And all can be wrong.
2007-01-21 08:03:02 · answer #2 · answered by The Truth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wold be wishful thinking to say one day we will all be equal and at peace. Wishful because simply by the nature of man, and the diversity that goes along with man, no two people will ever see 100% eye to eye on everything. If that were the case, the question of faith would be irrelevant as all would either believe or all would disbelieve and faith would never enter into the equation.
2007-01-21 03:02:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The beauty of faith is that you can give up thinking for yourself and let some religious zealot do it for you. Doh! that doesn't work doesn't it because they have given up thinking for themselves and are having someone else do it. Ah yes, that's how it works. They all believe what they are told and the bloke at the top is laughing all the way to the bank. Hmmmm funny that. The Vatican is steeped in gold and treasure that could settle the deficit of several poor countries. I wonder why it isn't done.
2007-01-21 03:22:28 · answer #4 · answered by gbiaki 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wishful thinking is something you just do with no prior history to back it up. Wishful thinking would be like going downtown and giving 100$ to the first five people you see and "wishing" that they will pay it back.
Faith is something when you have built up trust and are confident in the person, enough to trust that they will keep their promises. This would be like giving a loan to a person who you were sure would repay the debt.
That is the difference. Wishful thinking is vain hope; faith is confidence and trust.
2007-01-21 03:11:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2016-05-24 05:12:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith - Firm Belief in something for which there is no proof. (Merriam-Webster)
Pretend - To make believe. To claim , represent , or assert falsely. (Merriam-Webster)
Wish-full thinking - to hope for a preferred outcome or event (me)
Myself I give this definition of Faith ( when applied to origin and afterlife) - Pretending that your not pretending.
I hope this helps.
2007-01-21 03:12:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith includes trust in most (if not all)cases. 'Wishful thinking' does not.
At least at this moment, I would think one 'displays' that faith to others (and probably God too) by acting upon that faith(trust).
2007-01-21 03:36:36 · answer #8 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is better to be sincere and admit it is only wishful thinking than to carry on as though it is faith when it is not. Faith remains when all else has left you and the world is against you. Faith weathers the storm. Faith leads you to the perfection that Christ has promised will be yours if you will but accept it.
2007-01-21 03:20:15 · answer #9 · answered by mesun1408 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
NOPE no difference because that is what faith is beleiving in somthing that truly is not seen but things hope for..
2007-01-21 03:00:21 · answer #10 · answered by gblue52 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋