Ned - I'd much rather believe in SOMETHING, than nothing as it appears you do. Jo Ann On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 06:10:48 -0500 Ned Gardner <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Faith is believing something you know is not true. > > > I don't really think that is the usual definition of Faith. > > > Kind of like PD is not the usual? > > > Faith has two components, one is self created: > A person believes in something, say the existence of God(or not) > This belief is essentially internally generated, based on one's > environment and world view, and desire to deal in reality. > > > What ever mental gymnastics one must go through to believe that > there > suffering is somehow preordained and justified is it self rather > bazaar. Please speak to the issue that some are distended to suffer > so > that your belief system can be fully justified. > > > > Faith is believing something you know is not true. > > Ned > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn