I don't mean to start anything, but it seems to me, as an agnostic, that it takes as much faith to say there is no god as it does to say there is. Thoughts?
I've looked at this question a few times without forming an opinion. But this morning, my observation is that "faith" is no more than than a synonym for "belief." And humans do protect, fight for, and swear by their beliefs. And about anything.
So i guess that i agree; it does take as much energy-faith-belief to say "there is no god as it does to say there is." hahaha
Well, does it take faith to say that vampires, leprechauns, or fairies don't exist?
Wow that's a good observation I never really thought about it but the main stream media putts so much emphasis on religion of all kind that in to it or not most people just go with the flow
Maybe it's just part of the whole cultural acceptance thing that so many people want to be part of .
Which use of the word faith do you mean?
faith
/fāTH/
noun
strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.
synonyms: religion, church, sect, denomination, (religious) persuasion, (religious) belief, ideology, creed, teaching, doctrine
"she gave her life for her faith"