From: corvus_coronis	Date: February 23rd, 2004 04:48 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Strange coincidence, you posting this just after I updatewith a link on religion ^^

I suppose with myself that coincidences have contributed towards my sense of faith in some things.

From: ex_cayetana730	Date: February 23rd, 2004 04:58 pm (UTC)		(Link)
One aspect

Humility.

Knowing that you have limits; that you as an individual are not omnipotent. There are things you will never know or understand, and you have to accept your ignorance of some things.
There are bigger things than you, whether it be a being, itangible forces, hurricanes, or just that big guy who wants to steal your money.

I don't mean faith is giving up all free will or thought, I just mean it's an acknowledgement of this balance. If that makes sense.

	From: futurenurselady	Date: February 23rd, 2004 05:02 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Faith is a hunch.

	From: alex_victory	Date: February 23rd, 2004 06:10 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Faith is the ultimate example of our shared belief system -- either being subsumed by it, or breaking free from it.

	From: canonfire	Date: February 24th, 2004 12:56 am (UTC)		(Link)

response forthcoming.

	From: jenarael	Date: February 24th, 2004 02:12 am (UTC)		(Link)

Understanding and faith are all too often at odds with one another.

	From: emzebel	Date: February 24th, 2004 04:27 am (UTC)		(Link)

It depends, doesn't it? Are we talking about religious faith or a more generalized faith...

Then again, I guess it is not such a difference after all.

Faith is a belief in something that is not tied to concrete evidence.

From: uruz	Date: February 24th, 2004 05:00 am (UTC)		(Link)

Faith is an amalgamation of unyielding hope and a disinterest in scientific fact.

	From: cook_ting	Date: February 24th, 2004 05:12 am (UTC)		(Link)

Faith is trust. I have faith in those I love and in said love. "Faith" as obedience, genuflection and worship is slavery with a pretty name.

All the gods are bastards.

	From: hfx_ben	Date: February 24th, 2004 08:27 am (UTC)		(Link)

Faith?
I'm suspicious of it.

I'm supposed to have "faith" to take the next step, to accept the guidance and the teachings, to engage in the method. But what I find actually works is a reasonably based belief ... not merely blue-sky speculation, for sure ... but reality-testing; an active inquisitiveness.

How'z 'at?

	From: sweetchariot	Date: February 24th, 2004 09:29 am (UTC)		(Link)

faith is the most difficult thing to accomplish. it is believing in a universal dignity, when there is no apparent reason to believe, and acting accordingly. it is both a subversion and an affirmation of the individual/self.