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Politics : To be a Liberal,you have to believe that.....

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To: truedog who wrote (1754)9/11/1999 8:17:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (2) of 6418
 
Faith is believing in something without conclusive
proof.


According to Aquinas, Faith is the assent of the intellect to that which is believed.

I have always liked this definition as clearly distinguishing between belief (lacking the assent of the intellect) and faith (belief with the assent of the intellect).
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