tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833335047469919292.post837116926373902139..comments2024-01-20T10:39:20.301+00:00Comments on Thought Bubbles: Rob Wheeler thinks about - FaithThought Bubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03754577145892261504noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833335047469919292.post-8256801733917053302023-11-06T23:50:52.288+00:002023-11-06T23:50:52.288+00:00This web site definitely has all of the informatio...This web site definitely has all of the information I wanted about this <br />subject and didn't know who to ask.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833335047469919292.post-27358332003324754572023-09-16T18:29:34.887+00:002023-09-16T18:29:34.887+00:00Do you have a spam problem on this blog; I also am...Do you have a spam problem on this blog; I also am a blogger, and <br />I was wondering your situation; many off us have developed some nice methods and we <br />are looking to exchabge strategies with other folks, be sure to <br />shoot me an email if interested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833335047469919292.post-36969561199289831662009-08-20T09:44:17.680+00:002009-08-20T09:44:17.680+00:00Of course words evolve but meanings also get fudge...Of course words evolve but meanings also get fudged for ideological reasons and I think we find this amongst so called liberal and redical religionists. Having eschewed a belief in the supernatural liberals and radicals redefine "faith" so it fits their agenda and allows them to still count themselves as "believers". I think this happens with the word "faith". <br /><br />You say faith can mean: "...the urge to make something of ourselves and our world, rather than passively absorbing our culture's norms".<br /><br />No - that's not faith that's "the urge to make something of ourselves and our world, rather than passively absorbing our culture's norms".<br /><br />You define it as faith because that gives it a patina of religiosity. Faith is about *trust*. What you are talking about is judgement and commitment. <br /><br />Rob WheelerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3833335047469919292.post-39900864853987020872009-08-18T20:29:00.705+00:002009-08-18T20:29:00.705+00:00Some very good points.
But I think you can also s...Some very good points.<br /><br />But I think you can also seen the use of the word evolving. I had a friend who used it to contrast with "religion" — and the fact that she was Wiccan complicates it even further.<br /><br />I liked Noel Cheer's use of "faith" and "path of faith" in one of the endnotes to his "Willful Disbelievers" speech. "Faith" can mean the urge to make something of ourselves and our world, rather than passively absorbing our culture's norms.<br /><br />I think this meaning ties the word even more fully to its most shining examples — Jesus, Gandhi, MLK, etc. — than do the traditional meanings. In that sense, I would say it is a virtue, so long as it's directed in a positive way.James M. Jensen IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424548803826283101noreply@blogger.com