What Is Faith Essay

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Writing Assignment 2: What is Faith?
1. Faith is defined as “belief without sufficient evidence.” The belief part of the definition means to think that something is true. Evidence is how we justify the belief. Sufficient refers to the amount and type of evidence needed which depends on the context. With all of these definitions combined you would get that faith means to think something is true without a good amount or type of evidence to justify the belief. If we think that this is the definition of faith, then our desires are shaped based on what we think. We think our way into loving. We adapt God to fit our view of the American dream. In all of this, our thinking comes before love. This version of faith may be beneficial because one doesn’t have to question the existence of God. Since they know they believe that they don’t need solid proof, they should have is no trouble with the fact there is none for the existence of God. It’s a childlike faith where nothing could deter or harm the belief …show more content…

Faith as a belief without sufficient evidence is focused on the fact that humans are primarily thinking things so what matter most is what I think. The ultimate love view says that humans are more loving beings than thinking beings s what matters most is what I love. If we are thinking things then it implies that we have a choice as to what we believe in, so we can choose to believe in God or not to believe in God. However if we are loving things, then we do not have control over our desires; only God can change what we really want. If we have the belief view, we act based on what we think, but the love view says that we act based on our desires and that shapes how we think. Education for the belief view of faith is focused on information for our thinking brains while education in the faith is love view is more dedicated towards formation of our loves. Belief says that faith comes first and love will follow, but love would say that love comes first and faith will

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