Actually, that article was one of the main things that inspired me to write this post.
I believe this is a very great explanation of what I mean by Qualified Faith:
"Faith also means that initial willingness, needed before any task can be undertaken, to give the method proposed a fair trial. While this assent should not involve blind unquestioning belief, it does require at least 'a willing suspension of disbelief' or belief in some other doctrine and method. A certain minimal trust should be maintained that the method will work and that the doctrine on which it is based is not simply false. For lacking these prerequisites, no one would be moved to begin any work, nor could he develop the staying power necessary to carry it through to completion. No method is likely to succeed if confidence in it is not felt or if one refuses to abide by its conditions. The athlete would not undertake his regimen of exercise and diet if he did not trust the training to lead him to the health and prowess in the chosen sport that he seeks. Since the choice of the English word 'faith' to translate the Mahayana Buddhist ideas expressed by the Sanskrit shraddha and the Japanese shinjin might result in false assimilation to faith as understood in Christianity as involving a belief in dogmas and obedience to an institution, it may be as well to forestall misunderstanding by some enquiry into the origins of these two words."
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Re: List love
Date: 2020-08-05 05:57 pm (UTC)I believe this is a very great explanation of what I mean by Qualified Faith:
"Faith also means that initial willingness, needed before any task can be undertaken, to give the method proposed a fair trial. While this assent should not involve blind unquestioning belief, it does require at least 'a willing suspension of disbelief' or belief in some other doctrine and method. A certain minimal trust should be maintained that the method will work and that the doctrine on which it is based is not simply false. For lacking these prerequisites, no one would be moved to begin any work, nor could he develop the staying power necessary to carry it through to completion. No method is likely to succeed if confidence in it is not felt or if one refuses to abide by its conditions. The athlete would not undertake his regimen of exercise and diet if he did not trust the training to lead him to the health and prowess in the chosen sport that he seeks. Since the choice of the English word 'faith' to translate the Mahayana Buddhist ideas expressed by the Sanskrit shraddha and the Japanese shinjin might result in false assimilation to faith as understood in Christianity as involving a belief in dogmas and obedience to an institution, it may be as well to forestall misunderstanding by some enquiry into the origins of these two words."