Who do you have faith in?

[Tindalos]

"I do not put my faith in institutions, but in individuals
all over the world who think clearly, feel nobly and act
rightly. They are the channels of moral truth."

~~~ Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) ~~~






Who do you have faith in?

[vanlassie]

1. There is no God but Reality

The truth will set you free.

[Tindalos]

6. Will I know the truth when I see it?

There are so many lies, it is sometimes difficult to know what is true.

[vanlassie]

15. You must learn to be honest with yourself.

You must do battle with the lies that you tell yourself.

This is about your own mind- nothing more or less!

[dysfunctional press]

2. nothing and no one.

nt

[Tindalos]

7. With good reason.

It is hard to trust anyone these days.

[Bluebear]

3. Still I sent up my prayer wondering where it had to go.....

...with heaven full of astronauts and the Lord on death row. - Joni Mitchell

[Tindalos]

8. .

Apollo 17

[datasuspect]

4. i don't accept anything on faith.

i'm not even sure i will wake up tomorrow.

[Tindalos]

9. Perhaps "faith" isn't the right word.

I did not mean to imply blind faith, certainly. More a level of trust.

There will be a day when each of us fails to wake up.
That should not prevent us from making plans for the next day, should it?

[ColbertWatcher]

5. I have faith in the unrelenting, white-hot ...

... anger of The Maestro Doctor Professor Field Marshall The Reverend Stephen Colbert, Esquire!

[Tindalos]

10. A man with so many titles certainly deserves respect.

Our faith in one such as he cannot be misplaced. I bow before the fiery gaze of his greatness.

[ColbertWatcher]

14. Damn right you do! n/t

[Cleita]

11. Me, myself and I and

the faeries in the glen of course.

:evilgrin:

[Tindalos]

12. Shhh . . .

The faeries are all sleeping.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

13. "Faith" is madness

I believe in things that can be replicated by the scientific method, subject to the further revision of the scientific method. And nothing else.

I suppose I should also disclose that I am a psychiatrically diagnosed Asperger's person. Everything goes through the logic circuits. Think Data from STNG.

[mmonk]

16. Reality.

[LanternWaste]

17. Friends, family, fellow parishioners...

Friends, family, fellow parishioners, the elderly lady who bags my groceries (I think she's either a genius or an alien)... the usual assorted grab-bag of people close to me that put a smile on my face.

I've never bought into the trendy Madison Avenue marketing campaign-- "Trust No One"... as it's just too lonely and a too cynical to allow for sincere smiles in life.

[didact]

18. Lindsey Lohan

[JNelson6563]

19. Howard Dean

:toast:

[Tindalos]

20. I have faith in humanity.

No, really. Don't laugh. We've accomplished some truly amazing things despite our best efforts to fail.

[Tindalos]

21. I have faith that someone will do what is right

and that others will follow their lead.

[Romulox]

22. My wife and myself solamente. Nobody else. nt

[guitar man]

23. myself

everybody else has failed me at one time or another, so I'm only left with myself to rely on...

[lapislzi]

24. No who.

I have "faith" in evidence-based reality. I have "faith" that the sun will rise tomorrow because experience and evidence bears it out. I have "faith" that there is a brain in my head--not because I have ever seen it, but because I empirically know that I can't exist without one.

We can make this a philosophical discussion, but I don't think that's what you meant by this thread.

I am certain that Obama is the best candidate, based on the evidence. I do not have "faith" in a man, despite my opinion that he will act in the best interest of the nation. Based on the evidence.

I could be wrong about all of the above, of course, but based on the evidence, I think the likelihood is slight.