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- noun Plural form of
faith .
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Examples
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And we certainly have the spectacle in the Middle East, for instance, of Jews and Muslims making ridiculous claims about the alleged land grants made by an invisible man in the sky, as if anyone not in their respective faiths is supposed to obey them.
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Catholic doctrine, unlike most protestant faiths, is codified in the chatechism and canonlaw.
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The “cultural distance” (comparing to the concept of information distance) between, say, religiously liberal couples of most faiths is probably shorter than between a religiously very liberal Episcopalian couple and a religiously very conservative Episcopalian.
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Catholic doctrine, unlike most protestant faiths, is codified in the chatechism and canonlaw.
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Not believing in God or Jesus or other faiths is not a dogma or a belief.
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England has inched closer to becoming an Islamic state yesterday, as teachers are refusing to teach about the Holocaust and the Crusades fearing that some children of certain faiths might get offended: Staff may wish to avoid causing offence or appearing insensitive to individuals or groups in their classes.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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Christianity, as with all faiths, is dogmatism, religious dogmatism.
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King says while Islam, like other faiths, is characterized by an ongoing battle between the moderates and the fundamentalists, among Muslims the fundamentalists are not some small, fringe group -- they are a huge percentage.
11/09/2005 2005
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From what competent observers state, the revival of these non-Christian faiths is due to the reaction of the people of the East to the more undesirable aspects of our so-called Western civilization: the ruthless competition of our modem economic life, the degrading influence of Western films and novels, and the loss of mysticism and the diminishing sense of reverence for the finer values of life.
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In the big picture, I have as much respect for religion as it has for me, other atheists, and people that follow other "faiths" - which is not much to none.
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