My definition of faith is believing in something or someone without question, proof or doubt. Faith does not prove existence, only that you believe with or without logic. In my opinion, “faith” can be a religious or non-religious term. For example, I trust gravity. I believe that no matter where I am in the world, if I drop something, it will fall. I don't have one and I can't have absolute knowledge of it, because I can't be everywhere at once and at all times, dropping things and proving my hypothesis. And maybe, just maybe there are certain, extremely rare conditions on Earth where I could drop something without it falling, where gravity wouldn't apply, I don't know. But even so, the only reasonable and intelligent thing to assume, based on my own experiences and what others have told me, is that gravity still applies. So I have faith in gravity, and this faith is reasonable and logical. This is the only reasonable position. Many people have different answers, but not all of them can be right or accurate. In another aspect of my thinking, I hoped that things would happen in my life, like a lucky draw or that my car would be repaired at an affordable price. Sometimes my hopes were in vain and sometimes I was satisfied with the results. My faith is based on trust. As I read Dynamics of Faith this semester, I was able to reflect on my true feelings of faith. The truth of our faith can be examined subjectively and objectively. Our faith is subjectively true if that is what we are ultimately concerned with and it is objectively true if it is actually the ultimate one. There can be no faith without the participation of that which is ultimate. If there is no revelation of the ultimate, then man cannot have faith in this ultimate. F...... middle of paper ... see why this has caused so many controversial global issues. Religion has existed for as long as humans have been able to think and wonder. A vast majority of people have always believed that there is a higher power or divine being that controls the events that occur in our lives. In conclusion, faith is not a belief, but a quality of being human. I especially appreciated Tillich's emphasis on faith in life. Difficult, but worth reading because this book made me think about issues I took for granted while providing potential insight into the most godly among us. For me, faith still produces and presents a wide variety of questions, but ultimately I know that my beliefs are based on love and understanding leading to salvation and happiness which can also be found through philosophy. But after studying the two terms more deeply, I find that they are very closely related..