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How to Press the Reset Button on Faith [View all]
From the article:
Faith takes work. Faith is a process, a path that one journeys upon. It isn’t solely a set of beliefs that one has to affirm. Rather, those beliefs are stepping stones to manifesting true faith in one’s actions. Take, for example, the basic belief that there is a God. The affirming of this belief causes one to act in a beautiful way and to work towards meeting this Lord who sustains His creation.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/altmuslim/2018/08/how-to-press-the-reset-button-on-faith/3/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Muslim&utm_content=49
An interesting article, and the point that faith is a process resonates. And for many, that process takes a lifetime.
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but if each believer has a different solution, doesn't the next step always lead to conflict?
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2018
#3
All of human history shows that tribalism is a constant and necessary feature.
guillaumeb
Dec 2018
#6
"one to act in a beautiful way and to work towards meeting this Lord who sustains His creation."
msongs
Dec 2018
#5
Faith is busting your ass to try to believe in something you know can't possibly be true.
3Hotdogs
Dec 2018
#11
If that's what you believe faith is, then it's understandable why you would reject it as real.
gtar100
Dec 2018
#18
I'm not seeing it that way. Op is about faith and the good it can lead to (in a nutshell)
gtar100
Dec 2018
#27
I'd say that abberation is a product of our time, almost our entire historical timeline.
gtar100
Dec 2018
#28
That's way too vague of a question to seriously answer. Try being more specific.
trotsky
Dec 2018
#44
Oh and just so you don't have any weasel room, I'll answer your misleading question.
trotsky
Dec 2018
#58
What I don't do is make blanket statements about how wonderful a force for good
PoindexterOglethorpe
Dec 2018
#42
The author made no attempt to "press the reset button on faith", nor tries to explain
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2018
#57