The Merriam-Webster says that faith is an "allegiance to duty or a person: LOYALTY," and "a complete trust" - not necessarily connected to religious beliefs, although admittedly faith is the more common verbage used in reference to unquantifiable beliefs.
Faith is just a noun that implies belief in or for something - it doesn't mean that the belief is necessarily abstract, wrong, or against natural laws. It just means you strongly believe in something and are loyal in that belief.
Likewise, you can just as easily have faith that something won't work or is wrong. I have faith that Creationism is wrong, for example, because I believe in the proof offered by archaelogical evidence to the contrary.
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Date: 2007-09-24 05:50 pm (UTC)Although, I can't think of a more fitting word... :D
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Date: 2007-09-24 06:00 pm (UTC)The Merriam-Webster says that faith is an "allegiance to duty or a person: LOYALTY," and "a complete trust" - not necessarily connected to religious beliefs, although admittedly faith is the more common verbage used in reference to unquantifiable beliefs.
Faith is just a noun that implies belief in or for something - it doesn't mean that the belief is necessarily abstract, wrong, or against natural laws. It just means you strongly believe in something and are loyal in that belief.
Likewise, you can just as easily have faith that something won't work or is wrong. I have faith that Creationism is wrong, for example, because I believe in the proof offered by archaelogical evidence to the contrary.
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Date: 2007-09-24 06:14 pm (UTC)It's the difference between faith in what you know from experience, and blind faith...