Faith and Belief
Faith and belief, often associated in the same realm of ideas, are in actuality very different concepts. On dictionary.com, belief is defined as, “confidence; faith; trust” while faith is defined as, “belief that is not based on proof.” Ironically, the dictionary is troubled to define one word without the other. However, upon further investigation, faith and belief contrast in distinct ways. Faith is your whole person and infinite ultimate concern that is improvable while belief is a finite idea that can and should be able to be backed by evidence. The understanding of these terms is essential to the way we approach our life, religion and purpose in this world.
Faith is larger, infinite all-encompassing concept than belief. …show more content…
***transition***Faith and doubt are interdependent upon each other. “Doubt is a consequence of the risk of faith” (Tillich, 21). Faith, in its deepest essence, is taking a chance, jumping off a cliff to believe that something improvable is in fact reality and devoting oneself to it. “Courage as an element of faith is the daring self-affirmation of one’s own being in spite of the powers of “nonbelieving” (Tillich 19). Contrary, belief should not have any doubt. It is one’s moral duty to examine the evidence and question whether to have the whole right to believe. In addition, each belief does not define your whole personality like faith does. A belief is a fact that can be proven to be true. Most importantly, faith is infinite, and belief is finite. A belief that it will rain this afternoon due to a ninety percent forecast will end that day while a faith in God as an ultimate concern will last a lifetime and even …show more content…
Many controversies can arise when one determines that evidence must be provided for an ultimate concern, a faith, to be valid. This is impossible because the essence of faith is that there is no evidence, only courage to believe past a risk. It can be equally dangerous if a belief is accepted without proper evidence because it is confused for faith. If something can be tested thoroughly, it is imperative that it is thoroughly examined so no falsities are passed on to others. The most common implication of this problem is within the realms of religion and science. Religion does not belong in belief because it is a question of ultimate concern and total personality, not something that can be tested. Moreover, belief belongs in science because it can be tested and confirmed through credible
Faith and belief, often associated in the same realm of ideas, are in actuality very different concepts. On dictionary.com, belief is defined as, “confidence; faith; trust” while faith is defined as, “belief that is not based on proof.” Ironically, the dictionary is troubled to define one word without the other. However, upon further investigation, faith and belief contrast in distinct ways. Faith is your whole person and infinite ultimate concern that is improvable while belief is a finite idea that can and should be able to be backed by evidence. The understanding of these terms is essential to the way we approach our life, religion and purpose in this world.
Faith is larger, infinite all-encompassing concept than belief. …show more content…
***transition***Faith and doubt are interdependent upon each other. “Doubt is a consequence of the risk of faith” (Tillich, 21). Faith, in its deepest essence, is taking a chance, jumping off a cliff to believe that something improvable is in fact reality and devoting oneself to it. “Courage as an element of faith is the daring self-affirmation of one’s own being in spite of the powers of “nonbelieving” (Tillich 19). Contrary, belief should not have any doubt. It is one’s moral duty to examine the evidence and question whether to have the whole right to believe. In addition, each belief does not define your whole personality like faith does. A belief is a fact that can be proven to be true. Most importantly, faith is infinite, and belief is finite. A belief that it will rain this afternoon due to a ninety percent forecast will end that day while a faith in God as an ultimate concern will last a lifetime and even …show more content…
Many controversies can arise when one determines that evidence must be provided for an ultimate concern, a faith, to be valid. This is impossible because the essence of faith is that there is no evidence, only courage to believe past a risk. It can be equally dangerous if a belief is accepted without proper evidence because it is confused for faith. If something can be tested thoroughly, it is imperative that it is thoroughly examined so no falsities are passed on to others. The most common implication of this problem is within the realms of religion and science. Religion does not belong in belief because it is a question of ultimate concern and total personality, not something that can be tested. Moreover, belief belongs in science because it can be tested and confirmed through credible