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74 Post author: lsparrish 30 May 2012 08:31PM

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Comment author: Multiheaded 28 May 2012 07:54:35AM *  -1 points [-]

What meaning does the word have if Faith is something absolutely everyone has?

IMO all neurotypical people do have "Faith" in some form, because religion is an important part of human firmware, and necessarily follows from the workings of our brain in any environment where cultures emerge. (As proven by every relevant anthropological study since Durkheim.)

Comment author: selylindi 29 May 2012 06:44:00AM -1 points [-]

The capitalization also make a difference.
"faith" vs. "Faith" are roughly "belief of unproven things" vs. "system of religious belief"

Comment author: Multiheaded 29 May 2012 10:23:22AM *  1 point [-]

It might be in a dictionary somewhere, but there's no widespread consensus on how to use capitalization here.