To me "faith" is a reasonable expectation of something based on it's previous demonstrated behavior. For instance. I have "faith" that when i go to the store they will have diet Canada Dry ginger ale in stock. On the other hand accepting into your reality something that does against logic, reason and physics, THAT is a "belief". The subjective assessment of uncertainty. For instance i may believe it to be a certainty that if i run really fast that i would be able to run through a brick wall. That does not make it true however. Again using the same analogy i have faith that if i run into a brick wall that i will slam against it very hard and hurt myself *LOL*.
I think differentiating between the two is important when talking about religious theology. Because a persons religous belifs are just that, their own beliefs. There may be many people who share in the same belief but does not make one belief any more or less real or valid than the next person with their own beliefs. Each "believes" a certain thing and each "believes" that certain thing to be correct over everything else. They can't ALL be the only right way.
Now i said that to say this *LOL* ... To me a persons religious beliefs have nothing to do with real spiritual development. A belief just dictates the way you act and think. Real spiritual development purifies the body, mind and soul and is beneficial to every living thing. Religious beliefs are based on outer influences ad experiences. Spirituality comes from within. Some religions try to confuse this by saying you have to ask a deity into your heart to forgive you. But they are still separate things. Belief is the result of how your mind processes information and experiences and spirituality is the internal process of one nourishing their own soul. Make sense? I hope so coz that was a lot of typing *LOL*.
Anyway that's my broken down view of belief vs faith ... not that anyone asked for it hehe :-P
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