sorry for insisting on this one.. but i didn't get a satisfying answer yet.?

Question

Since "faith" is to believe in something without evidence, or even in the face of conflicting evidence..... isn't depositing one's faith in something or someone exactly the same as believing in it?
faith = belief.
So, it actually doesn't matter where we deposit our faith in, doing so, is believing. Christians always say "you gotta have faith", but having faith is believing, and I can pick any mythological creature where to deposit my faith in, and I'll start believing in it automatically and even have revelations from it.

so again, my question is:"isn't depositing one's faith in something or someone exactly the same as believing in it?"

Answer 1

I think faith is doing that which you believe. A belief is similar to an intellectual assent whereas faith puts the money where the mouth is. Belief is knowing how a parachute works but faith is actually jumping out of the plane.

I've never heard the phrase, "depositing one's faith" so I can't comment on that.

Christians hope to find their Creator and therefore have to believe that He exists and that He can be found.

Answer 2

I'd say so. Your mind is powerful and can convince you that what you believe is true, even if it is NOT.

Truth is how things really are—not how things are theorized to be, or speculated upon based on observation. Science and religion are not truths. These are human cognitive abstractions that help a free-willed thinker find some balance in an existence where they are unsure (live by faith) of themselves. Well can it be said: Religion and Science are fools’ attempts to prove to everyone else that they are not foolish.

Once we are confronted by a Being we recognize as our superior, or better, one who knows a lot more than we do, there will be no more faith, and no more living with unsure feelings of why and how we exist. To avoid the embarrassment of the confrontation of real truth against established perceptions, those so clothed and ready for “the marriage” will be filled at the “supper.”

Quotes taken from a book explaining Revelation.

Answer 3

You said:

"Since "faith" is to believe in something without evidence, or even in the face of conflicting evidence..... "

That's not really what faith is though. But....

"isn't depositing one's faith in something or someone exactly the same as believing in it?"

No. But very similar. Having faith in something is having a belief that changes your outlook and attitude on life. It's not *simply* "believing in it" like you said. There's a lot more to it.

Hope this satisfies the question. Feel free to post more information and I'll try to get back soon...or E-Mail me. Whichever.

Matt

Answer 4

No — faith is an uneducated belief, and an abdication of rationality.

Beliefs are based on our intuition, which is a cognitive process based on fragmentary "knowledge" of (or access to) verifiable facts.

> so again, my question is:"isn't depositing
> one's faith in something or someone exactly
> the same as believing in it?"

Answer 5

Ouch, semantics. Even the dictionaries do not do well on this one and often treat the words as equivalent.
I tend to think of faith as being the act of wilfully berlieving in spite of all contradictory evidence and of believing as hopefully being changable if evidence contradicts you.
Most people use the words as being the same though.
The Oxford Dictionary defines belief as faith, so there you go.
Like I said though. To me belief is provisional on evidence but faith requires no evidence and is related to trust.

Answer 6

You appear to be making the point that just because one believes in something does not necessarily make it so. And that is a correct assumption.But we Christians base our faith upon the Word of God and the beauty of His creation.

But most importantly you need to ask yourself the same question. Why do you believe what you believe? Does your belief make it so? What is your belief based on? Could your belief be wrong? Of course it could.

Answer 7

Your arguments is semantically weak. If you define faith as without evidence (or with conflicting evidence), you cannot have faith in a person with a proven track record. That is trust.

You can subtly define faith, belief and trust to get any answer. If you define two as equivalent, they are equivalent.

Answer 8

Who said faith is believe without evidence? Faith is believing in something that is true without seeing it. We have more than just a sense of sight.

I can have faith that someone is bbqing without seeing it when i smell the meat cooking on the grill. And acting on that faith I go to prepare for a very tasty meal.

Farmers plant seeds with faith that in several months they will have crops. They can't see those crops. But they believe and act accordingly.

Faith in God is much the same. You can't see God, not at first. But you can see His power. You can hear His voice. you can feel His presence and glory and love. You can feel the Spirit. You can see his creation and influence. You can hear His witnesses. And you can find out for yourself.

Answer 9

Faith is not only depositing and believing, also doing accordingly. If you have faith in a bank and deposited all your money and if you are not obeying the rules of the bank and not transacting accordingly, you cannot get back your money or enjoy the facilities of the bank.

Answer 10

Yes it is.
But it dose matter where you put you faith and it matters who you serve, if you don't serve God than you serve the other, You do serve something rather you realize it or not your serving what your heart desires, if you desire money, than you are a slave to it, Be rich in money than have it taken away and become broke, in dept and you will see how it will over take you. but God will never leave you and everything else will pass after this life, God is there forever, so it dose matter where you put your faith.