Dragaera

The Religion Debate

Fri Nov 29 13:47:08 PST 2002

Damien Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 12:26:36AM -0600, Gametech wrote:
>
>> I don't think faith is a bad thing, beliving that when you purchase
>> something from someone on ebay that they will send you the item
>> requires faith, faith in that person for being honest. Sure you can
>> make the most
>
> I call that 'trust', not 'faith'.
>
> -xx- Damien X-)

      faith

      1.Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a
person, idea, or thing.
      2.Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. See
Synonyms at belief See Synonyms at trust.
      3.Loyalty to a person or thing; allegiance: keeping faith with one's
supporters.
      4.often Faith Christianity. The theological virtue defined as secure
belief in God and a trusting acceptance of God's will.
      5.The body of dogma of a religion: the Muslim faith.
      6.A set of principles or beliefs.

      read deffiniton # one, trust and faith are fairly synomonous and you
are rightly so to call what I call faith trust, but I'm rightly so to call
it that myself.