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Originally Posted by jewels
Although faith generally refers to a theological belief system, I wonder if it is something else. Yes, I get that religion relies on faith to shepherd believers. But people are always telling others to "have a little faith" when it comes to waiting for actions of others, and not every one of these users of the word affiliate with any particular god or religion. ...
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Faith is one of many words that mean different things to different people. Another example is the word "socialism." Such words often lead to confusion.
Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia and Google)
Professor Emeritus
Montclair State University
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Ludwik Kowalski, author of a free ON-LINE book entitled “Diary of a Former Communist: Thoughts, Feelings, Reality.”
It is a testimony based on a diary kept between 1946 and 2004 (in the USSR, Poland, France and the USA).
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