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My approach to faith (pistis) is that objective faith is being convinced that something is so, while subjective Christian faith is trusting the Lord Jesus.  I reject that idea that faith  is essentially affirming some proposition without evidence, though in modern English the term seems to be used that way more and more.    I put it to you that objective faith (convinced that something is so) can indeed be for poor reason,  no reason, sufficient evidence, or absolute proof -- it is all faith.  But I put it to you that ''proper'' objective faith is the resting of the soul in the sufficiency of the evidence and in the obviousness of the self-evident.  There are gullible fools who would buy the Brooklyn Bridge exercising faith, but such faith is not proper faith, but credulity.  And credulity is foolishness.

My approach to faith (pistis) is that objective faith is being convinced that something is so, while subjective Christian faith is trusting the Lord Jesus.  I reject that idea that faith  is essentially affirming some proposition without evidence, though in modern English the term seems to be used that way more and more.    I put it to you that objective faith (convinced that something is so) can indeed be for poor reason,  no reason, sufficient evidence, or absolute proof -- it is all faith.  But I put it to you that ''proper'' objective faith is the resting of the soul in the sufficiency of the evidence and in the obviousness of the self-evident.  There are gullible fools who would buy the Brooklyn Bridge exercising faith, but such faith is not proper faith, but credulity.  And credulity is foolishness.

'''==The Greek words for faith=='''

==The Greek words for faith==

 

Pisteuō [ πιστεύω ] (verb) = I believe (trust, have faith)

Pisteuō [ πιστεύω ] (verb) = I believe (trust, have faith)

Pistis [ πίστις ] (noun) = faith

Pistis [ πίστις ] (noun) = faith