I don't mean religiously...I mean like if someone said they would meet you somewhere at a certain time...would you believe them without proof? I know...that's a stretch...but I couldn't think of another example. I'm not putting you down....just curious.
2007-11-09 10:34:21 · 24 answers · asked by Anthem Demon R&S addict 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, faith is not necessary. It's gambling, and I guess I'm not much of a gambler.
Edit: Rocking Robin, your car as started reliably for you in the past so it's reasonable to BELIEVE it will start again. Same for the Sun rising. Faith is accepting something with no basis in fact.
2007-11-09 10:38:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
"Faith" is a tricky word, since people use it very differently.
Everything from "Believing what you know ain't true."
to "an act of the intellect assenting to the truth at the command of the will."
(two of nine definitions or usages listed in a philosophy text-book)
Taken as a synonym for "trust", which it often can be,
Yes, I have practical trust, faith, in many things.
Flying on holiday I place myself in the hands of pilots, maintenance engineers, aircraft designers...
I trust them more than intellectually by actually getting on the plane. In those terms I have faith in their skills, their work, their character.
But they don't claim, and I don't assign, perfection or infallibility.
In related circumstances some may (consciously or unconsciously), and this can be associated with severe trauma when the object, system or person that was implicitly trusted, fails.
2007-11-09 10:53:10 · answer #2 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith is belief without logical proof. In the case of agreeing to meet someone, you'd have faith in the case of the person turning up if you believed they would despite any available contingencies. However, most people arrange to meet others on the basis of expectation. Does anyone who is waiting for someone who's late say: "despite this person's lateness I have faith they will turn up"? Of course not. They'd more likely say: "This person hasn't turned up as a result of of a measurable and demonstrable contingency as yet unknown." Faith has nothing to with it.
2007-11-09 10:56:34 · answer #3 · answered by Lunerousse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course. The sun will rise tomorrow. maybe. When I order eggs over easy at Denny's that's what I expect. to get. If I make an appointment to meet someone at a certain time...I expect them to be there. I have faith in everything I do. Depending on other people is the hard part.
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2007-11-09 10:47:04 · answer #4 · answered by chilicooker_mkb 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have faith in me. If the someone who was to meet me was my son, he would be there. Hell or high water. If it was a son in law, perhaps he would be there and perhaps not. He might be sober enough to stand up, but I doubt it. So some people I can pretty much count on and some I can't. If I am to meet someone who owes me money, I really don't count on them. If I am to meet someone to whom I owe money, I expect they will be waiting for me to arrive. God? No. If there was a god and he/she/it wanted to contact me then that god would have already brought himself here or transported me wherever and physically impressed upon me the need to answer when called. One can talk to the god of religion until the cows come home and he don't say sick 'em. I ain't into one sided conversations. If there is a god as you say, he jolly well knows where I am.
2007-11-09 10:51:44 · answer #5 · answered by What? Me Worry? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't mean having faith religiously then that kind of throws the rest of the question out of the window because religiously speaking, they don't believe in a deity. It has nothing to do with other aspects of their life.
2007-11-09 10:39:52 · answer #6 · answered by Tiacola Version 9.0 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have faith in science. This may sound rather foolish, so I'll explain. I have faith that science will ultimately find the truth about the universe - how it works and why it works the way it does. If an answer is wrong, I have faith that science will find a way to correct it - science is, after all, self-correcting.
2007-11-09 10:40:27 · answer #7 · answered by Nowhere Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These people claiming they have no faith are making me laugh
No faith in anything HUH??
LOLOLOLOLOL
Faith is believing with no proof
I'm sure these faithless losers believe that some one loves them
There is no proof
They can be told they are loved
Some one can do something for them and claim its love
But the reality is these faithless losers Believe with no proof at all that they are loved
Some one can do all those things I said and make it seem like love wiht no love at all..
What morons
2007-11-09 10:47:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith is the deliberate suspension of disbelief. Trusting someone is something that comes naturally, intentionally suspending your powers of judgement to allow for a certain thing to be believeable is not natural.
2007-11-09 10:40:05 · answer #9 · answered by Andrew 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course. I have faith that my bus will turn up on time etc.
Being Atheist means you don't believe in any gods or the supernatural. It does not mean you lack faith about anything.
2007-11-09 10:38:36 · answer #10 · answered by Elvendra 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋