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defacto7

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1. I have to be careful of the word beliefs
Fri Apr 12, 2013, 03:25 AM
Apr 2013

because the definition to some include faith, and faith is not a concept that I can connect with. Faith requires no facts exclusively. It there were facts then it wouldn't be faith. I use the word trust because is requires some amount of reason before you can trust someone or something and your trust can change; faith cannot. If the word belief in based on trust, it's a word that works for me. But if it is in the context of faith, then the word belief is not one I can use. It depends on whom you are talking to.

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