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101:8.1 [[Belief]] has [[attained]] the [[level]] of [[faith]] when it [[motivates]] life and shapes the [[mode]] of living. The [[acceptance]] of a teaching as true is not [[faith]]; that is mere [[belief]]. Neither is [[certainty]] nor [[conviction]] [[faith]]. A [[state]] of [[mind]] attains to [http://books.google.com/books?id=Omz8GgAACAAJ&dq=dynamics+of+faith&hl=en&ei=2JeqTPWQFcL98AaI2In4Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA faith levels] only when it actually [[dominates]] the mode of living. [[Faith]] is a living [[attribute]] of genuine [[personal]] religious [[experience]]. One [[believes]] [[truth]], admires [[beauty]], and [[reverences]] [[goodness]], but does not [[worship]] them; such an [[attitude]] of saving [[faith]] is [[centered]] on [[God]] alone, who is all of these [[personified]] and infinitely more.
101:8.2 [[Belief]] is always [[limiting]] and binding; [[faith]] is expanding and releasing. [[Belief]] fixates, [[faith]] [[liberates]]. But living religious faith is more than the [[association]] of [[noble]] [[beliefs]]; it is more than an exalted [[system]] of [[philosophy]]; it is a living [[experience]] concerned with [[spiritual]] [[meanings]], [[divine]] [[ideals]], and [[supreme]] [[values]]; it is [[God]]-[[knowing]] and [[man]]-[[serving]]. [[Beliefs]] may become [[group]] [[possessions]], but [[faith]] must be [[personal]]. Theologic [[beliefs]] can be suggested to a [[group]], but [[faith]] can rise up only in the [[heart]] of the [[individual]] religionist.
101:8.3 [[Faith]] has falsified its [[trust]] when it presumes to deny [[realities]] and to confer upon its devotees [[assumed]] [[knowledge]]. [[Faith]] is a traitor when it fosters [[betrayal]] of [[intellectual]] [[integrity]] and belittles [[loyalty]] to [[supreme]] [[values]] and divine [[ideals]]. [[Faith]] never shuns the [[problem]]-solving [[duty]] of [[mortal]] living. Living [[faith]] does not foster [[bigotry]], [[persecution]], or intolerance.
101:8.4 [[Faith]] does not shackle the [[creative]] [[imagination]], neither does it [[maintain]] an unreasoning [[prejudice]] toward the [[discoveries]] of [[scientific]] [[investigation]]. [[Faith]] [[vitalizes]] [[religion]] and constrains the religionist [[heroically]] to live the [[golden rule]]. The zeal of [[faith]] is according to [[knowledge]], and its strivings are the preludes to [[sublime]] [[peace]].
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101:8.1 [[Belief]] has [[attained]] the [[level]] of [[faith]] when it [[motivates]] life and shapes the [[mode]] of living. The [[acceptance]] of a teaching as true is not [[faith]]; that is mere [[belief]]. Neither is [[certainty]] nor [[conviction]] [[faith]]. A [[state]] of [[mind]] attains to [http://books.google.com/books?id=Omz8GgAACAAJ&dq=dynamics+of+faith&hl=en&ei=2JeqTPWQFcL98AaI2In4Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA faith levels] only when it actually [[dominates]] the mode of living. [[Faith]] is a living [[attribute]] of genuine [[personal]] religious [[experience]]. One [[believes]] [[truth]], admires [[beauty]], and [[reverences]] [[goodness]], but does not [[worship]] them; such an [[attitude]] of saving [[faith]] is [[centered]] on [[God]] alone, who is all of these [[personified]] and infinitely more.
101:8.2 [[Belief]] is always [[limiting]] and binding; [[faith]] is expanding and releasing. [[Belief]] fixates, [[faith]] [[liberates]]. But living religious faith is more than the [[association]] of [[noble]] [[beliefs]]; it is more than an exalted [[system]] of [[philosophy]]; it is a living [[experience]] concerned with [[spiritual]] [[meanings]], [[divine]] [[ideals]], and [[supreme]] [[values]]; it is [[God]]-[[knowing]] and [[man]]-[[serving]]. [[Beliefs]] may become [[group]] [[possessions]], but [[faith]] must be [[personal]]. Theologic [[beliefs]] can be suggested to a [[group]], but [[faith]] can rise up only in the [[heart]] of the [[individual]] religionist.
101:8.3 [[Faith]] has falsified its [[trust]] when it presumes to deny [[realities]] and to confer upon its devotees [[assumed]] [[knowledge]]. [[Faith]] is a traitor when it fosters [[betrayal]] of [[intellectual]] [[integrity]] and belittles [[loyalty]] to [[supreme]] [[values]] and divine [[ideals]]. [[Faith]] never shuns the [[problem]]-solving [[duty]] of [[mortal]] living. Living [[faith]] does not foster [[bigotry]], [[persecution]], or intolerance.
101:8.4 [[Faith]] does not shackle the [[creative]] [[imagination]], neither does it [[maintain]] an unreasoning [[prejudice]] toward the [[discoveries]] of [[scientific]] [[investigation]]. [[Faith]] [[vitalizes]] [[religion]] and constrains the religionist [[heroically]] to live the [[golden rule]]. The zeal of [[faith]] is according to [[knowledge]], and its strivings are the preludes to [[sublime]] [[peace]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101 Go to Paper 101]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 101 - The Real Nature of Religion]]