people use words loosely, often using the word faith when they mean hope, or trust or good will - ''he acted in good faith'' - ''he acted in good will'' - therefore the word becomes a blanket term for a number of different concepts.
Being a blanket term for a number of different concepts, some folks (read theists) love to shift between meanings in order to justify their own faith in things unseen and non-detectable, their God, their Holy Book, etc, thereby equivocating between one common usage of the word and meaning to another whenever it suits.
Theists can mystically spin it anyway they like,, but fact remains their- belief, hope, trust, or FAITH in a yet unfulfilled,underlivered promise [from God] is no different to hoping and trusting or putting faith in ones semi-auto pistol or rifle won't jam with the next shot,
..on which one can only form conjecture or speculate.
Sadly there are christians who not only refute rational science, but even refute the clear and concise words of God in Bible.
TF49 telling people that what you believe as a christian doesn't matter..,.yet Jesus says otherwise, Nighthawk, claiming God is beyond time & space, thus blatantly ignorant or just dismissive of the fact Bible shows the O.T. God manifesting in a small confine of the physical 3D world.(Exodus) Hawk claiming one must have a 3D presence to be at a non-dimensional point in space...which is simply untrue for an ALL capable God. iTs highly evident he lacks both basic geometric science knowledge and Biblical knowledge of God, and just asserts desperate wild ass claims.
Any supposed christian who so poorly underestimates or simply does not acknowledge the God Bible describes, and that they claim to believe in, are not people anyone should sensibly rely on to explain the meaning of faith or much else relating to God.
-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.
