Comments on: What does it mean to believe and how do you know when you do? http://www.3waystolive.com/2007/07/what-does-it-mean-to-believe-and-how-do-you-know-when-you-do.html Which is your way? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Herdingcats http://www.3waystolive.com/2007/07/what-does-it-mean-to-believe-and-how-do-you-know-when-you-do.html#comment-7 Herdingcats Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:59:00 +0000 http://3waystolive.com/3waystolive/?p=26#comment-7 Your topic is an intriguing one. It mirrors a podcast I heard the other day on the difference between being an "adherent" or "follower" and a "disciple". The disciple is taught powerful knowledge in the hopes that they will then teach others. When someone has a disciple they don't own knowledge but see it as something that can produce good and therefore must be shared (like Love must be shared). People who have followers don't want to be surplanted by their students and therefore the intention behind the teaching is very different. <br/><br/>Your juxtopposition of believe with faith is similar. Faith does not mean that you are lobotomized and unable to reason. Faith is belief with Love and mystery attached. We are born capable of faith, but are never forced into it. Your topic is an intriguing one. It mirrors a podcast I heard the other day on the difference between being an “adherent” or “follower” and a “disciple”. The disciple is taught powerful knowledge in the hopes that they will then teach others. When someone has a disciple they don’t own knowledge but see it as something that can produce good and therefore must be shared (like Love must be shared). People who have followers don’t want to be surplanted by their students and therefore the intention behind the teaching is very different.

Your juxtopposition of believe with faith is similar. Faith does not mean that you are lobotomized and unable to reason. Faith is belief with Love and mystery attached. We are born capable of faith, but are never forced into it.

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