I asked what an act of faith is. A conscious decision to trust something or someone without full proof. Not only thinking — a certain inner yes, spoken towards something that cannot be closed inside logic. The mechanism of an act of faith exists outside religion too. When you enter a relationship and trust the other person. When a therapist says: try this road for another month. When an alcoholic goes to a meeting for the first time and believes change is possible. Because you have neither full control nor certainty. All you have is the
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