Belief, faith, and meaning

 

Well, these three concepts are obviously closely connected, but yet you can possibly make distinctions between them.  The first two are of course clearly related and you may even think of faith as a container for some beliefs.  The exact nature of what that container might be or how you might comprehend it, of course, is, kind of, what faith is all about.

But talking about belief by itself, it seems pretty clear to me that what you actually do, at any given time is somehow connected to what you might believe, which is kind of handy and convenient, because you can, kind of, figure out , more or less , what you do believe by what you in fact do, and then, may have some clearer understandings about what you belief , which can also help you navigate some of the actions or activities you engage with.

Without going to much more into the subject of  faith, then, it is clear that meaning has a lot to do with belief, on account of how we perceive things , will indeed effect what we believe and ultimately then, it will affect the actions we take as well as the outcomes of those actions.  But meaning is not a static thing.

Our understanding of things changes over time.  Sometimes, I believe, that we may have better understandings of certain kinds of things from our more distant past, than our more recent past, speaking both individually and collectively.  A good deal of what we think of as science is tied up with this idea of evolving meaning and collecting valid and valuable information.

Maybe, then, at the end of the day, or maybe slightly before that, this notion of evolving meaning, as well as evolving information, data, and facts can help inform us, of who it is we are, and maybe a bit about , what it may be that we are doing.