Is having Faith the same as believing something to be True?

Question

Or is faith not caring if its actualy true or not and just believing anyway?

Answer 1

Faith comes into play when there is a chance (whether how great or small) that something may not happen, or may not be as you hope. I can have faith that I will get a job I applied for, and I have reason to believe it because I am qualified.. BUT it's not a sure thing.. so there is faith. To believe the sun will rise tomorrow, involves no faith because it's a sure thing, but to believe it will snow tomorrow involves faith because it may not. People dont tend to have faith in what is impossible, like the sun WONT rise tomorrow.

We have faith in what we hope for, and hope is never a gaurentee and we dont have faith blindly. It would be blind faith to believe the sun wont rise tomorrow.

Answer 2

Faith is not really blind. It is believing in the substance (the reality) of that which is hoped for, and the evidence of that which is yet unseen.
In other words faith is believing in what you hope .The evidence may not yet be seen but the reality exists.
For example if you called your father on the phone and asked him to send you some money to pay for some text books, and you know he will while you are yet asking him. That is faith.
You have faith that when he hears you you will be answered.
. You have faith to receive it, when you walk in to the western union office to pick up the money even though you have not seen the money yet..

Answer 3

Both. There are numerous definitions for faith -- both founded and unfounded. The term best describes the extent of trust, not the trustworthiness of the target.

1 a : allegiance to duty or a person : LOYALTY b (1) : fidelity to one's promises (2) : sincerity of intentions
2 a (1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2) : belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust
3 : something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially : a system of religious beliefs

Answer 4

No Faith is about why you believe something to be true. Faith is defined as belief without any evidence or reason to do so, or in spite of evidence or reason to the contrary.

If you have evidence for a belief, then you don't need faith.

Answer 5

Having Faith is believing something to be true without any evidence. "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen," Hebrews 11:1.

Answer 6

people get faith mixed up all the time - God never asks us to have blind faith about His existence - people just dont want to believe the facts b/c then they might have to submit to something greater then themselves and most people think quite highly of themselves and just dont want to do that

anyway faith is trusting God to be with you when you need Him to understand that whatever happens in your life He has planned it and there is an ultimate good that will come out of it - even if you never see that good -
example - a true Christian who has strong Faith will trust God for their next job and not have a panic attack about losing the old - and understanding that God wants you to move on and this is the way He wants it done......

Answer 7

No it is not|
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Faith is *not* the forced suppression of doubt|

Neither is it arbitrarily believing that which has no evidence|


Faith is an opening the *eye of the intellect* to the Light|


When you open your soul eye to God, you then *see|*

It is a light so pure, so natural, and so subtle, that *pure,* *natural,* and *subtle* are inadaquate terms for it|||


With that, everything else is seen rightly|

With that, everything else in existence is measured and guaged properly with the intellect|

Only with true faith can the intellect properly judge things|


Reason without faith (rationalism) is *just as bad* as faith without reason (fideism)|

Both *opposite errors* lead to intellectual darkness and the brier patch|





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Answer 8

What Is Faith?

One dictionary defines faith as “firm belief in something for which there is no proof.” Far from supporting that idea, however, the Bible stresses just the opposite. Faith is based on facts, on realities, on truth. The Scriptures say: “Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld.” (Hebrews 11:1) A person having faith has a guarantee that everything promised by God is as good as fulfilled. So strong is the convincing proof of unseen realities that faith is said to be equivalent to that evidence.

In the New World Translation, the causative form of the Hebrew verb ´a·man´ is sometimes rendered “exercise faith.” According to the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, “at the heart of the meaning of the root is the idea of certainty . . . in contrast with modern concepts of faith as something possible, hopefully true, but not certain.” The same work says: “The derivative ´amen ‘verily’ is carried over into the New Testament in the word amen which is [the] English word ‘amen.’ Jesus used the word frequently (Mt 5:18, 26, etc.) to stress the certainty of a matter.” The word rendered “faith” in the Christian Greek Scriptures also means belief in something firmly based on fact or truth.

The Greek word (hy·po´sta·sis) rendered “assured expectation” at Hebrews 11:1 was commonly used in ancient papyrus business documents to convey the idea of something that guarantees future possession. Scholars Moulton and Milligan suggest the rendering: “Faith is the title deed of things hoped for.” (Vocabulary of the Greek Testament) Obviously, if a person possesses the title deed to property, he can have the “assured expectation” that someday his hope to obtain it will be realized.

At Hebrews 11:1, the Greek word translated “evident demonstration” (e´leg·khos) conveys the idea of presenting evidence to demonstrate something, particularly something contrary to what appears to be the case. Positive or concrete evidence makes clear what previously went undiscerned, thereby refuting what only appeared to be the case. So in both the Hebrew and the Greek Scriptures, faith is by no means “firm belief in something for which there is no proof.” On the contrary, faith is based on truth.

Based on Basic Truths

The apostle Paul stated a basic truth when he wrote that the Creator’s “invisible qualities are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made, even his eternal power and Godship, so that [opposers of truth] are inexcusable.” (Romans 1:20) Yes, “the heavens are declaring the glory of God,” and “the earth is full of [his] productions.” (Psalm 19:1; 104:24) But what if a person is unwilling to consider the evidence? The psalmist David said: “The wicked one according to his superciliousness [“arrogant as he is,” The New English Bible] makes no search; all his ideas are: ‘There is no God.’” (Psalm 10:4; 14:1) In part, faith is based on the fundamental truth that God exists.

Jehovah does not simply exist; he is also trustworthy, and we can rely on his promises. He has said: “Surely just as I have figured, so it must occur; and just as I have counseled, that is what will come true.” (Isaiah 14:24; 46:9, 10) These are not meaningless words. There is clear proof that hundreds of prophecies recorded in God’s Word have been fulfilled. With this enlightenment, those exercising faith are also able to discern the ongoing fulfillment of many other Bible prophecies. (Ephesians 1:18) For example, they are seeing the fulfillment of “the sign” of Jesus’ presence, including the accelerated preaching of the established Kingdom, as well as the foretold expansion of true worship. (Matthew 24:3-14; Isaiah 2:2-4; 60:8, 22) They know that soon the nations will cry “Peace and security!” and that shortly thereafter God will “bring to ruin those ruining the earth.” (1 Thessalonians 5:3; Revelation 11:18) What a blessing to have faith based on prophetic truths!

Answer 9

Faith is believing something is true without proof

Answer 10

I think you have to believe something is true to have faith in it. Faith is believing WITHOUT evidence.