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InvisibleIcelander
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Basic Faith.
    #7492003 - 10/06/07 04:53 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Humans put faith into all sorts of strange things. I don't know if it's so much worthwhile to banish faith as to understand why you want to put faith into something.

I have spent the last couple of years discarding most of my culturally based beliefs. Emotionally coming to grips with my belief that I don't have the tools to really know what life is about and so finding myself without much to believe in and finding my current thinking separates me from the thoughts and beliefs of much of humanity. When this first started I was faced with quite a bit of anxiety and something like feeling depressed. I decided to hang with it though and try to ride it through and I feel that I am starting to feel relaxed with uncertainty. I had to wonder why this is so. I think it's because I have a basic faith in whatever I'm uncertain about. In other words whatever the truth might be. I don't think it's out to get me.


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" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
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Re: Basic Faith. [Re: Icelander]
    #7492037 - 10/06/07 05:06 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.

I think this basic faith you speak of is a healthy and balanced position. :sun:


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Re: Basic Faith. [Re: Icelander]
    #7492083 - 10/06/07 05:16 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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faith      /feɪθ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[feyth] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another's ability.
2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.
3. belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion: the firm faith of the Pilgrims.
4. belief in anything, as a code of ethics, standards of merit, etc.: to be of the same faith with someone concerning honesty.
5. a system of religious belief: the Christian faith; the Jewish faith.
6. the obligation of loyalty or fidelity to a person, promise, engagement, etc.: Failure to appear would be breaking faith.
7. the observance of this obligation; fidelity to one's promise, oath, allegiance, etc.: He was the only one who proved his faith during our recent troubles.
8. Christian Theology. the trust in God and in His promises as made through Christ and the Scriptures by which humans are justified or saved.




I have faith in you Icelander :hippie:


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Re: Basic Faith. [Re: onlynow]
    #7492113 - 10/06/07 05:22 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

You have faith in me to what?:lol:


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" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
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Re: Basic Faith. [Re: Icelander]
    #7492137 - 10/06/07 05:28 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I have faith in your ability to do what you do best, keep on keepin on.


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Re: Basic Faith. [Re: onlynow]
    #7492154 - 10/06/07 05:35 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Thanks.:cool:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC


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