| Fogus,
I don't have faith in anything. I also don't believe in anything. I come to conclusions about things and make predictions about things but in my book that is considered thinking, not believing.
In many cases, when a person uses the word, "believe" it can be replaced with, "think" and still have the exact same meaning...
"I believe I will make it home from work without getting in an accident."
EQUALS
"I think I will make it home from work without getting in an accident."
Both are making a statement about the near future based upon previous experience. Neither claims 100% belief like the following sentence...
"I have faith that I will make it home from work without getting in an accident."
So how can I say that I don't believe in anything? Simple, I don't believe, I think.
Now, some people equate faith with hope...
"I have faith that my son will recover from his car accident."
This is not the same as...
"I hope that my son will recover from his car accident."
Yes, the person with faith also hopes but by using the word, "faith" they're also saying that they have full belief that he will recover.
I HOPE for things all the time. But I don't have faith.
LL
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