Faith notes

Question 1

What is a purpose of faith?

Answer 1

Belief in a divine being can relieve of us the angst of existentialists/non-theists who have difficulty coping with their very existence.

Question 2

Leo Tolstoy faced an existential crisis. What did he learn from the faith of the peasants living on his estate?

Answer 2

It is not the “what” of religious faith (which religion, which God) that gave life meaning, it was the “how”
It is how we believe in God - the inner conviction and certainty relating to God’s existence that gave their lives meaning

Question 3

How do non-theists think our lives have meaning?

Answer 3

Interaction with world, our work, our actions, our thought and relationships. We make our lives meaningful.