what's the difference between faith and belief?
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Let see . . . belief is some thing you believe in . . . with or without evidence.  Like I believe that most religious people are crackpots . . . but is that true . . . for some yes . . . not all.  Things we believe in or have a belief . . . comes from our point of view.  It could be factual or it could be fictional.\n\nAnother example . . . I believe my son can do anything he puts is mind and heart into.  Can he . . . who knows . . . but it is my belief he can.  And if he believe in himself as I believe in him . . . he will . . . because I did the same thing.  I believed in myself to accomplish what I accomplish . . . I didn't believe in god to do it for me.\n\nOkay, now faith . . . similar to belief . . . but there is absolutely no facts to support the believe.  Like God . . . but their is no physical evidence to really prove his existence . . . plus there have other theories to explain ours . . . but there is no support for either.\n\nReligion is faith . . . blind faith . . . in a book that has been translation so many times and at times just copied from a persons memory . . . through stories recited from centuries ago.  With embellishment for colorization.
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Your definitions don't fit the dictionary.\nThus your reasoning is irrational and unreasonable.\n\nwww.m-w.com\n\nfaith\n5 entries found for faith.\nTo select an entry, click on it. \n  faith[1,noun]faith[2,transitive verb]article of faithfaith healinggood faith   \n\nMain Entry: 1faith \nPronunciation: 'fAth\nFunction: noun\nInflected Form(s): plural faiths  /'fAths, sometimes 'fA[th]z/\nEtymology: Middle English feith, from Anglo-French feid, fei, from Latin fides; akin to Latin fidere to trust -- more at BIDE\n1 a : allegiance to duty or a person : LOYALTY b (1) : fidelity to one's promises (2) : sincerity of intentions\n2 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\n3 : something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially : a system of religious beliefs <the Protestant faith> \n\n\nMain Entry: 1ag·nos·tic \nPronunciation: ag-'näs-tik, &g-\nFunction: noun\nEtymology: Greek agnOstos unknown, unknowable, from a- + gnOstos known, from gignOskein to know -- more at KNOW\n1 : a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown and probably unknowable; broadly : one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god\n2 : a person unwilling to commit to an opinion about something <political agnostics>
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If and I mean If you believe in God, you would have what The believers in God have and that would be "Faith". Faith is believing something to be true,even thou you havent actually seen it with your own eyes. I know God to exist but in what religion,Im not sure but with Faith I know that all will be revealed when His perfect plan has been finished.  Read Deuteronomy 32:20  ;And He said(God), I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very froward generation (froward meaning -perverse), children in whom is no faith.  Bless You Friend.
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You bet! And vice versa. \n\nMy faith and my gods want me to ask questions. We grow by asking questions and seeking answers. Most of the time asking questions leads to more questions, but it's been my experience that asking questions and having doubts can strengthen faith.
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There is no "proof" of God. Do you know the definition of FAITH?
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Anybody who argues over religion obviously has no concept of the word "faith".  Faith isn't about arguing about anything.  It's about being positive and doing good and helping others to see the goodness in themselves.\n\nReligions, for the most part, are man-made rules and regulations based on THEIR OWN interpretation of the Bible and it's guidelines for living.  \n\nReligions don't set themselves above anyone else.  People do.
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Faith is having a strong belief which you cannot absolutely prove (ie: I have faith Elvis is really alive)\n\nDestiny is the faith that the future is preordained and that things "are meant to be". \n\nBelieving in God is synonomous with having Faith in God.\n\nCommonly, people believe that God is the one who controls Destiny.
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Ask the different way round.\n\nBelieving (in any religion) is easy, you don't have to think.\n\nActually thinking prevents believing. And I prefer to think for myself. :-)
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My interpretation is that religion is not meant to be understood - you believe things on faith.
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I'm a believer. \n\nTypicially positive feeling and attitudes lead one to faith.  Faith is not just something you have or don't, it's a judgement thing that can go up and down in gradients.   Faith is measure of ones beliefs, that can be attributed toward anything really.  Faith that the sun will rise each day, faith that there will be food on your table each day, faith that you'll be able to keep your job, faith that you will stay married.  Take away faith and you have a sad person.\n\nIn many respects Religions to non believers can at least be seen as man's attempt to document attitudes and processes that are good for society. The more faith you have in your Religion and the things it accomplishes to this goal, the more you might become a true believer.  There are more things in this world than we will ever truely understand...  anyone that thinks otherwise is lying to you and themselves.\n\nPersonally I believe in Jesus' teachings, to me he was truely the best person ever on earth with the best beliefs.  Someone to believe in.
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How much faith do you need to not believe there's an invisible unicorn in your backyard? You can't prove that there isn't. You can only believe that there isn't. An atheists disbelieves in God as much as you disbelieve in magical gnomes in your dresser. They can't be disproved, they're magical, but as a rational person you decide that there are no gnomes in your dresser, but there is a possibility that there are because you cannot monitor your dresser every day all the time. A religious person definitely has more faith than an atheist.
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I like the spirit of your philosophy, but as to the exact wording, it seems backwards to me. Try this: We don't know how, but faith allows us to know that everything is going to work out, somehow. Faith is a way of knowing, we can not know everything, but we can understand almost everything if we know the subject matter. More and more facts are coming to light for us everyday that we live if we live in faith, with one small exception. Death always catches us flatfooted. Unless, we are very old and or very wise and courious, and ready to find out.
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Believer and non-believer is the division made by human beings to express their intolerance of a person having a faith different from ones own. God has no choice between the two. All are same for Him.
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This depends on what you mean by the term 'faith'. Atheists have beliefs, we just don't believe in a god. Atheism and nihilism are not the same thing! We also have faith in our friends, faith that most people try to be good (even if they fail), and faith that the world can be understood. However, all of these 'faiths' are based on reason, unlike the faith in a deity.
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I am going to be completely serious with you\n\nPros: Truly believing in something is comforting, a built in support system of people who will be willing to help you, and the feeling that you are only living in a harsh and unfair world for a short period of time before you get to go to "heaven"\n\nCons: Limitations on what you can do of your own free will, Guilt, and of course people like Jerry Falwell
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Have faith and believe that what you prayed for is what your outcome will be.  As the scripture says, "faith is the substance of things hope for, the evidence of things not seen".
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No one has proof. That's why it's called faith.\n\nThe real question is why do you need to beleive?