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. | 101:8.2 [[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. |