Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Faith

What is faith? There are many definitions for the word faith because it is such a complex word. The common definition of faith is a belief in a person, place, thing or idea. There are two parts to having faith, believing and trusting. believing is the identification of what a human being has faith in, trusting is taking action upon what you believe in. Faith is usually a strong belief in something without having anything to backup whatever is believed in. For example if you have faith in God you won't need anything to back you up, you will always believe in God no matter what anyone says.

The English word faith was dated back from 1200-50 from the Latin term fidem, which means trust. Many people have faith in different things. most people have faith in they're religion. There are many different meanings to the word faith in other religions. Faith in Christianity is based on Jesus Christ and all of his work and teachings. Christians believe faith causes change as it seeks greater understanding for God. Although there are other people that may also have faith in they're family, the country they live in, a situation that is happening in they're lives, or even in themselves. The word faith is so complex that you could never just break it down to one definition because there isn't one, everyone's is different depending on what they believe. So after all this all I can ask is what's your definition of faith?

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