Yesterday, the Washington Post ran a piece in which readers were challenged to define "FAITH" in exactly six words. The inspirations for this included Pope Benedict XVI's visit to America and a recent on-line phenomenon of describing a variety of things in 6 words. (Why 6 instead of 5 or 7? I have no clue.)
The responses to the Post's piece came both from people with religious leanings and people without any religious leanings. Some of the responses that I thought interesting were:
* Faith is trust. Everyone has it.
* Absence of logic. Clinging to fear.
* Assurance that all will be well.
* Belief in mythology as the truth.
* Not alone. God is among us.
* Something to do, not to have.
If you, interested reader, were to accept the challenge to create your own definition of faith in six words, how would you express it? Or, in an alternative challenge, what are the fewest words that you could use to provide such a definition?
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Faith in 6 words ... no more, no less
Posted by michael at 11:19 AM
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