[Cvengr]

My take is the Pope is looking for a starting point - Charity and Goodwill first and faith will grow from there. If one looks to do good (with the implication they will reject evil), then the 'faith of a mustard seed' can be planted.

Only problem is that is the same approach Adam and Eve took in the Garden of Eden which led to the fall.

[DaveMSmith]

Faith is within the understanding (truth) and cannot exist without the will (love or good). Faith alone is represented all though the Bible as the Philistines, the dragon, and the goats in Daniel and Matthew.

The nature of Adam and Eve were they represent people of a celestial nature who had the Word written on their hearts... the people after were spiritual and have free will.

We are spiritual beings. We are influenced by good and evil and can choose in freedom our path. Rejecting evil by seeing something as a bad 'habit' or whatever rubs your conscious the wrong way does not matter - trust the Lord will lead to all truth.