User talk:J8ce

Changed first sentence of "Faith"

From: Faith is the confident belief or trust in the truth or trustworthiness of a person,

To: Faith is the confident belief or trust in the trustworthiness of a person,

Reasons: 1. Sources quoted do not agree with [From] definition, and rightfully so, because 2. If it were "belief in the truth" it wouldn't be faith, it would be knowledge. Epistemology 101.

J8ce: J8ce (talk) 21:50, 19 October 2009 (UTC)


 * "'Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing'" from the The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. And "'Faith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true (Phil. 1:27; 2 Thess. 2:13). Its primary idea is trust. A thing is true, and therefore worthy of trust. It admits of many degrees up to full assurance of faith, in accordance with the evidence on which it rests.'" from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. and "'Faith - Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony. The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth.'"Hardyplants (talk) 02:00, 20 October 2009 (UTC)