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Definition Essay On Faith

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Faith does not have any specific definition or a set feeling . Martin Luther King Jr. stated “faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.” Saint Augustine says that “faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.”Kahlil Gibran says what I think to be the most accurate definition, “faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. Almost every psychologist talks about faith meaning to do something that could possibly not end up well but it's something that you for sure believe in. The dictionary definition of faith is complete trust or confidence in someone or something. To have complete trust in something it could be a machine that you can rely on or have worked hard on. Factors that lead up to having trust in an object could be other people's reviews or personal experience. Having faith in the object or machine could mean that you know that it can without a doubt be …show more content…

Faith can often be associated with confidence because they both aim towards believing or having a firm trust in someone or something. However confidence is when you know something for certain and faith is when you believe that something is true even if you have never seen it or had any experience with it. For example, if you are on the road with a full tank of gas and your next stop is in 5 minutes, you can have complete confidence that you will have enough gas to make it to your first stop. Faith comes into play when you start questioning whether you can make it to your destination safely or not. Faith can also be described as a belief without any reasonable evidence. Some might argue that nobody actually has faith or they are just making something up, but you have to have faith that belief when you say

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