belief has been describe as a certainty about what cannot be seen. Is this statement true?

Question

Is this statment true in any, all or some area of knowlege.( by area of knowlege i mean, science, history , religion...)

Answer 1

There are countless possibilities. Later today, a military plane might fly over my house and bomb it. Or tomorrow, gravity could suddenly stop working. We live in an uncertain world.

Of course, this is rarely a problem in practice. Events like the above are highly improbable.

This topic is called "inductive reasoning".

Answer 2

Yes, it is true in christian religion, but that does not make it true or make christian religion or religion true.

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Heb.11.1 . This is what the Bible says. Here, it is made clear that faith can be perceived by the senses, in other words, it can be acknowleged. Of course faith and belief are synonyms, but they're not the only ones.

On the other hand, a belief is also an ideal, an intention, and in this case, from the "religious" point of view, is the opposite, so it would not be true. An ideal is simply known, not learned or perceived. And as intention it is obvious that it does not come from us, but intented for us.

Answer 3

Belief only contains certainty from the person holding the belief. Faith is an invisible hand that picks you up when you have fallen. These two statements go hand in hand for you have to have faith to believe, and you must believe in your faith. Both of these concepts are not only psychological, but physiological, emotional, and mental as well.

To say that something is your faith, you must be able to put your heart, mind, body, and soul behind 98% of what that faith states and stands for. This means you must believe it. You can't have one without the other.

As for an area of knowledge, you will not find one of those that agrees with the other. All of them have their own valid points. It is up to the individual to take what they are willing to believe and leave the rest.

Answer 4

Because it cannot be seen at a given time, doesn't mean that there isn't basis for the belief, a history which has built up the trust and confidence in whatever or whoever has been believed in. Neither belief nor trust falls out of the sky.

Answer 5

Simply illustrated: I KNOW that electricity flows through the wires in my home and powers the light when I turn on the switch. However, since I do not have x-ray vision, I do not humanly have any sense which enables me to actually visualize that happening. I take the electrician's word for it and it works for me. Therefore, I believe. Such an idea can be related to religion or faith and many other disciplines.

Answer 6

Belief is the sibling of Hope. Belief does not depend on evidence or appearance. Belief, like Hope, know that an absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Thus, it has certainty about all, whether there exists precedent or not.

But, Belief can be corrupted just as Hope can be destroyed.

All depends on the Vessel into which either Belief or Hope has been vested and entrusted.

Answer 7

Belief is a system based on one's perspective. So in many ways, it's true, because some won't be able to see that perspective that one might have. Usually belief's foundation is faith, or cultural upbringings, so in ways it also can be seen, when someone observes the acting out of belief culturally.

Answer 8

YES. Definitely. Theology and Philosophy supports this argument by proving there is a Divine Organizer(Philosophy) a Creator/God (in theology). Secondly both faculty of thoughts prove there is a soul.
meanwhile Science tries to disprove the existence of both by pure use of researches, observations, informations, calculations, proven generalizations etc.
Psychology is in-between.

Answer 9

perception is to become responsive to with something or somebody to experience a factor of it and experience it to be a factor of you. with out info or contemporary rational actuality. A perception finally needs believers. as a result could have not have been given any self sustaining existence. It has no place in scientific exploration. If it does seem in any respect as a threat in line with contemporary expertise, which is composed of a concept or hypothesis. Then it suggested to be so. A concept is what that's. In perception the only actuality you have is which you have no longer have been given any actuality.

Answer 10

Sounds like faith's or conviction's description to me rather than belief's.