Faith vs Fatalism - What's the difference?
faith | fatalism |
A feeling, conviction, or belief that something is true or real, not contingent upon reason or justification.
A religious belief system.
An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal.
(obsolete) Credibility or truth.
* Mitford
The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot change them.
As nouns the difference between faith and fatalism
is that faith is a feeling, conviction, or belief that something is true or real, not contingent upon reason or justification while fatalism is the doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot change them.As a proper noun Faith
is {{given name|female|from=English}}.faith
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Alternative forms
* feith, feithe, fayth, faythe, faithe (obsolete)Noun
- Have faith that the criminal justice system will avenge the murder.
- I have faith that my prayers will be answered.
- I have faith in the healing power of crystals.
- The Christian faith .
- He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.
- I have faith in the goodness of my fellow man.
- the faith of the foregoing narrative
