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Old Nov 18, 2006, 02:15 PM
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You are not disagreeing with me, you are disagreeing with the definition found in the Bible:

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Heb 11:1 - "Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld." (italics mine)

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Your statement:
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Although faith has generated many roots in religion, it is not necessarily a religious word

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I suppose when one does not take the meaning of faith in the context of religion, then of course, it would not be considered a religious word (such as in the situation you describe re the two sisters).

However, I don't get what you are saying, here. Faith - the word itself - is mentioned countless number of times in the Bible.

Again, I am getting contradictory statements from you and am getting lost in the rhetoric:

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Faith, by its very nature, requires belief outside of known fact(I believe). Faith is formed through instinct, intuition, meditation, communing with nature, prayer, or perceived usefulness of a belief system.

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Faith in something means to have experience with that something and then, due to this experience, judging and concluding so that you can predict an action of this something in a positive way.

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Which of these two definitions do you subscribe to, then?

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Warship is also something that people do that doesn't have to do with god. You can warship anything (I warship the 2007 corvette for example) for any reason. It's what is inside you. What you care about. Think about it.

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As for your definition of worship - never disagreed with you on that. Thought about it and still agree with you on this point.

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Oooh, new 'vette? Now that I could see myself getting caught up in worshipping!! How does she handle, by the way?
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