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In reply to the discussion: I truly get it, I really do see why people turn to faith in order to find their moral compass... [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)well. I am not claiming anyone is insane or delusional. IMHO, some people use faith to supersede rational thinking. I dont agree with that. But what I was trying to say, was that faith isnt all bad. You can have faith in people. I have faith that my parents arent going to leave me at Disneyland. To me it means that you believe and trust. That isnt always bad. When people use faith in a religious way, sometimes they let the faith take the place of reason. For example, if someone told me that they had cancer but they had faith that God would heal them, I would say that's taking faith too far. The only reason that I am making the distinction, is that I had someone recently tell me that faith was a bad thing. But he was using the word faith to mean only in the religious connotation.
I would be surprised if this gibberish clears things up, but it's the best I can do.