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To: MHGinTN
What is faith, Kosta, in your calculus?

Predictable results.

And does faith require an object of faith?

Yes. Faith is trust. You have to trust in something.

And can there exist a feedback from exercising faith?

Just faith? No. Just because your prayers are 'answered" does not constitute a proof that your prayers are 'answered."

872 posted on 10/11/2010 3:51:32 PM PDT by kosta50 (God is tired of repenting -- Jeremiah 15:6, KJV)
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To: kosta50

Thanks for the response to my questions. I have a better understanding of where you’re coming from. Again, thanks.


873 posted on 10/11/2010 3:57:00 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they cannot be deceived, it's nye impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: kosta50

BTW, I don’t think I asked anything about prayer or praying or answers to prayers. For the sake of understanding, you could take my queries as regarding the use of a chair in a dining hall. To sit upon a chair requires the most basic sort of faith. Sitting without crashing to the floor is a reinforcer of faith applied. It would be a very different exercise if one entered a totally dark room, blindfolded, seeking a chair upon which to sit. Listening very acutely and feeling about would be advisable before just lowering one’s butt. A Christian ‘listens acutely with ‘spiritual ears, and feels about via applied interactions with the still small voice within. As my behavior amkes The Holy Spirit within uncomfortable, His whisper—at frist—reminds me and reinforces the reminders with instructional passages found int he Bible. If I ignore the whispers, He will take more severe action. The process is ‘faithing’, as in a verb form of faith, the noun. Sitting in enough chairs builds confidence in the reliability of chairs.


874 posted on 10/11/2010 4:07:32 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they cannot be deceived, it's nye impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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