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I define faith as belief with the ability to suspend logical analysis in favor of that particular belief. Essentially faith, in my eyes, is belief based upon the merits of what the belief entails and not outside details. Faith is the ability to suspend reason and your senses in favor of something that you have no definitive proof of. It could be faith that your wife is telling the truth, in could be faith in an invisible bearded sky-daddy with magic powers.

faith - another word for belief.

I see faith as putting all your trust and hope in’God’. Unlike wishing,leaving it up to fate, blowing in the wind opportunities.They may or may not happen, just like prayers ,but combined with the power of prayer,(un like wishing), it will be more inclined to happen.I’m the type of person that doesn’t like to do things in vain ,so with an attitude of achieving effectiveness, I go right to the source.Thanks for asking :)

I see faith as a meaning for both belief and trust, generally.

But going deeply, I see it more as a belief or trust in something that is a risk, or may not actually exist, no proof etc. Such as the term ‘Leap of faith’ implies. Its a risk.

i think faith is the spiritual word for hope,as snar says a suspension of reason ,just a possibilty that you pursue with all heart and mind , belief in what you hope will be

knowing

Someone else here on another post equated faith to trust, for me that is the definition of Faith. I’ve seen the power of God, so I put my trust in him.

“Faith is to believe what you do not see. The reward of faith is to see what you believe.”

“If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.”

Saint Augustine.

I like those two, they resonate with me.

I agree with this definition from Snar: “Faith is the ability to suspend reason and your senses in favor of something that you have no definitive proof of.”

And I really like this quote from Saint Augustine that Tictactom has mentioned: ““Faith is to believe what you do not see. The reward of faith is to see what you believe.” Quite amusing and true.

Faith to me is much like having a postitve attitude all the time. It’s a very strong innate conviction that you deserve to be happy and to have your basic needs met. It’s knowing that as long as you do all you can to achieve your goals, life will help you get there. Faith is also trusting that although you do not always understand all the mysteries of life, in the end, beyond our limited human perception, there is a reason for everything and it’s all for the best.

Well… faith is hard to define. And it’s much more than anything we can write to try and describe it. It’s a belief, an attitude, a feeling that, I can tell you from my own experience, makes life easier and so much more beautiful.

If everyone on this planet had faith… wow!… this would be an incredible and awesome world!

faith doesn’t have to be in god. its what you believe in that you can hold onto during the hard times that and help you through them

Snar wrote:
I define faith as belief with the ability to suspend logical analysis in favor of that particular belief. Essentially faith, in my eyes, is belief based upon the merits of what the belief entails and not outside details. Faith is the ability to suspend reason and your senses in favor of something that you have no definitive proof of. It could be faith that your wife is telling the truth, in could be faith in an invisible bearded sky-daddy with magic powers.

Excellent definition. Faith is the evidence for things unseen.

Fantastic descriptions of faith, very inspirational!

doubting your prayers is like doubting your faith in the lords ability to affect an outcome,faith must be nurtured and remain in the affirmitive, never given anything less,prayers will always be answered by he who seeks only the faith of ones to believe they can,for all must try to build their faith upon faith upon faith upon faith till nothing remains but the truth of it inside oneself an unquestionable and steadfast knowing,unmoved and solid in its foundations where nothing and nobody can destroy

faith is to have total trust in your beliefs ,nothing more and nothing less,a perfected hope within all things

I wont- ill leave it to the professionals :)

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

Sir Urgdu.

Go!

Mr da king jr hero reformer sir

IT WAS PRAISE!

The box only excepted go when i replied,so i wrote the rest in the next box,it was a praise shout in responce to the quote from martin luther,dont be so touchy please

As for urgdu,s reply ,i have no idea what hes refering to

oh my apologies!i thought you were asking if my reply was an attack,lol

love and respect!:)

I concluded it as the praise Akithma meant it to be, not that I want to jump into anyone elses battle, but outside prospective can sometimes be helpful.

Glad the misunderstanding was cleared up quickly, guess I wasn’t very much help, but your welcome.

God you guys clearly don’t get me here, im saying I’m letting the philanthropists and philosophers, and the dreamers, come up with the definition for me. I agree with King’s definition, henceforth posted.

Urgdu

to quote from the movie “Miracle on 34th street”

“Faith is believing in something when common sense tells you not to” (meant in a good context)

Let us take the idea in philosophy that the only argument which is, for all extensive purposes, irrefutable, is “I think therefore I am” meaning, the only thing that you can prove exists, is yourself, and only to yourself, everything else is sensation. Throw in some science, and we are not even a constant, but a process, so nothing is provable at all, least of all god which we do not even have empirical evidence for.

Faith < Proof
Belief < Reason

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Your reaction is… confusing. Care to explain?