### belief | faith:

Bad faith
* concept that is subjective and difficult to prove.
* form of self-deception which in making use of freedom denies it.
* is one based on a falsehood.
* legal term that means dishonesty of belief or purpose.

Blind faith
* can jepordize one's health.
* foolish basis for satisfaction that one's agents are acting on one's behalf.
* is an inferior form of faith
  - faith without evidence
  - just as much a handicap as physical blindness
  - no faith at all
  - the belief in something without evidence or contrary to the evidence
* leads to blind fury when the basic tenets of a belief are dashed.
* misrepresentation of reality.

Confession of faith
* is for people who have never belonged to a church.
* leads to service to others.

Evangelical faith
* is that state of mind in which eternal things are apprehended as realities.
* present the value of their church experience clearly and constantly.

Genuine faith
* direction of looking.
* includes repentance, and genuine repentance includes faith.
* is concerned about the brother's repentance and forgiveness
  - expressed in positive choices

Good faith
* is any set of beliefs that reinforce the species in it's quest for truth
  - the opposite of bad faith
* theory of defense in false return cases
  - tax evasion

Natural faith
* involves trust.
* is part and parcel of the human experience
  - that faith which originates as part and parcel of the human experience

### belief | faith:

Religious faith
* All religious faiths worship freely.
* Any religious faith involves prayer, an object of worship and practice.
* Some religious faiths describe a type of god who possesses both good and evil elements
  - object to cremation, while others virtually require it
* can greatly enhance our everyday lives intellectually, spiritually and emotionally
  - have a very positive benefit for children as well as adults
  - provide much comfort at the time of a death
* demands spiritual practice.
* drives some to intolerance.
* is at the heart of education at parochial schools.
* is based on accepting the infallibility of the mystical experiences of dead people
  - validity of the mystical experiences of dead people
  - feelings rather than facts
  - the basis for the Amish way of life
  - very important in teaching young people abstinence
* key element in many people's lives.
* orients a person toward the ultimate meaning of the world.
* seeks to find the meaning of existence.
* source of strength in a society.

### belief | faith:

True faith
* belief that causes on to act on what is believed.
* brings about repentance and love, and all good things.
* can help in changing the circumstances of a situation.
* entails true repentance.
* humble faith.
* involves both the present and the future.
* is always in a heart bruised for sin.
* is an essential grace, and a main-spring of Christian life
  - operative faith, a faith that really works
* is built on accurate knowledge
  - the foundation of sound Bible knowledge
  - grounded upon knowledge
  - inseparable from the experience of divine holiness and divine love
  - spiritual hygiene
  - that which gives rise to righteous action
  - the working out of love
* judicious intelligent grace, it knows whom it believes, and why it believes.
* shapes every part of our lives.
* way of health for the whole man because it goes out of itself to Another.