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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
So if i tell my friends I have a twenty inch cock and a Gulfstream IV praked behing my place, I "fabricating", but if I tell them they'll go to a mythical "hell" tended by a fallen angel if they don't follow the edicts of a 2000 year old book, that's "faith." Got it. Next time a judge accuses me of playing fast and loose with the record, I'll say "Your honor, I'm just faithful."
"No, that wasn't perjury. I was being faithful."
Fuck, I like this faith gig already. Sign me up for bible class.
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I was going with 2b from the Merriam-Websters online dictionary, but whatever works for you.
Main Entry: 1faith
Pronunciation: 'fAth
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural faiths /'fAths, sometimes 'fA[th]z/
Etymology: Middle English feith, from Old French feid, foi, from Latin fides; akin to Latin fidere to trust -- more at BIDE
1 a : allegiance to duty or a person : LOYALTY b (1) : fidelity to one's promises (2) : sincerity of intentions
2 a (1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2) : belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust
3 : something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially : a system of religious beliefs
synonym see BELIEF
