2007-03-29 15:52:47 · 9 answers · asked by MoPleasure4U 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To believe something is to consider something to be true.
It means that you have been convinced. Note that believing isn't something you actively do. You can't just choose to believe something, outside of brainwashing techniques.
2007-03-29 15:56:24 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This word has been haunting me for the past couple of days. I wonder if belief is synonymous with faith. To have belief / faith implies that there are possibilities which may or may not be true or may not exist, but you trust that it is true, that it does exist. And here is where I'm stuck in my thinking...Does faith / belief turn possibilities into truth, into reality? Do we need to have this in order to create our own reality? Without it what would happen to my world?
I've always questioned everything. I am a cynic. I want to believe, but I always have doubt. Which one will set me free? The belief or the doubt?
2007-03-30 02:49:35 · answer #2 · answered by Optimistic 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These days it doesn't mean much. People say "I believe in angels." If that's all they believe in that's not saying much.
Or they say "I believe in love," like love is some kind of fell-good deity to be worshipped instead of an act of the will.
To believe is to fully rely on someone. The only person that can be fully relied on is Jesus Christ. But you can't stop there, either because even the Devil believes in Jesus Christ.
You have to ask "what did jesus Christ teach?" If you believe in Him and want to love Him you must believe in His teachings.
The Nicene Creed sums those up very well.
2007-03-29 16:04:54 · answer #3 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It implies an understanding of something as true.
If I believe in a deity, I understand that deity to exist. If I believe mathematics to be logical, I understand that it operates according to repeatable rules.
If I believe that rivers in the Northern Hemisphere typically flow south, then I understand that I can follow a river to the south if I'm lost.
It's an understanding, a trust.
2007-03-29 16:03:58 · answer #4 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that someone thinks something is true. It can be used in situations when they're absolutely sure (I believe I exist), or when they have no evidence whatsoever (I believe in the celestial teapot).
2007-03-29 15:57:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"To operate as though a certain assumption or set of assumptions have validity without having investigated them thoroughly."
A ride on an elevator is an act of faith.
2007-03-29 16:22:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You must believe in Jesus and have faith in God. If you don't believe in Jesus you can't have life eternal hereafter.
2007-03-29 15:58:16 · answer #7 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trust in.
Cling to.
Rely upon.
2007-03-29 15:56:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To accept as true or real.
2007-03-29 15:59:43 · answer #9 · answered by josie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋