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[-] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 days ago

I mean, a cynical way to put it, but not wrong. Having faith in your friends and in humanity does work this way, though I think the alternative is quite bleak. Having faith in the right things can go a long way, in my view.

[-] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 2 days ago

You don't have "faith" in your friends, unless you trust them even against all available evidence...

[-] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Though with my friends I have some evidence how they brought food and conversation topics to the last 10 parties, so I'm fairly sure they're going to do it at the next gathering. Similar with humanity. Once I leave the house I can see what they do and how they interact. And on average the experience is always the same. I rarely get disappointed when relying or putting trust in strangers or my neighbours and that's kind of rooted in past experience.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Faith is a big word with many different meanings. Faith in people means trust, but it's not the same as a faith in god. Putting your faith in a person is making yourself vulnerable to be hurt by them. Putting your faith in god is to abdicate your personal responsibility in favor of an ideology attributed by religious leaders to imaginary friends.

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