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What does it mean?
Belief in God involves both involuntary feeling and conscious choice, similar to love.
In plain terms
Believing is like loving; it happens and you choose it.
What can you take from it?
Faith combines feeling and decision.

Where it applies

  • spiritual commitment
  • dating
  • vows

Putting it to work

  • commit to belief
  • nurture faith

Questions to consider

  • Is faith a choice or a gift?

Another view

Love and belief may not be perfectly analogous.

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