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The Religion Debate

David Dyer-Bennet dd-b at dd-b.net
Fri Nov 29 21:01:59 PST 2002

"Gametech" <voltronalpha at hotmail.com> writes:

> 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.

But we are in fact discussing meaning #4.
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