The Power Of Belief


by Trevor Kugler - Date: 2006-12-20 - Word Count: 307 Share This!

What is belief? The dictionary describes belief as: Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty.

The partial or full assurance, without absolute certainty can seem a bit confusing. In order for us to believe something, we must have assurance without certainty. This seems like a play on words of some sort, doesn't it? How can we have assurance, without certainty? Well by believing, of course. The power of belief is most certainly a powerful thing.

Think about it, when you drive your car down a two lane road at fifty fives miles an hour (which we all do everyday), you believe that the cars that you pass won't swerve into your lane and cause an accident. You believe that you're safe, otherwise you wouldn't drive anywhere. Yea, I would have to say that the power of belief is most certainly a very powerful thing.

Religion is based entirely on belief. You, as an individual, must believe in what the religion is "selling" in order for you to practice. Without belief, usually in God, there would be no religion. Religion literally wouldn't exist if it weren't for belief. Belief in something that can't be proven by practical means.

Belief most certainly plays a very big role in all of our lives. In a way it connects all people, because at the end of the day, we all have to believe in something, or what's the point? I think James Truslow Adams summed it up quite nicely when he said, "Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact," That quote, in a nutshell, shows all of us the power of belief.


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