Faith

faith noun
1 [U] ~ (in sb/sth) trust in sb’s ability or knowledge; trust that sb/sth will do what has been promised: I have great faith in you—I know you’ll do well. We’ve lost faith in the government’s promises. Her friend’s kindness has restored her faith in human nature. He has blind faith (= unreasonable trust) in doctors' ability to find a cure.
2 [U, sing.] strong religious belief: to lose your faith Faith is stronger than reason.
3 [C] a particular religion: the Christian faith The children are learning to understand people of different faiths.
4 [U] good ~ the intention to do sth right: They handed over the weapons as a gesture of good faith.


People came out of the cinema complaining that Constantine was a bad action and supernatural thriller which merely warned us about the hazard of smoking wasted 121 minutes of their lives, which might be as hazardous as smoking itself.

John Constantine was damned to hell for the suicide he had committed, but was resuscitated and made the guardian of the earth. His job was to bust the half-demons whenever they break rules.

Constantine just hoped that his service would eventually earn him a ticket to heaven.

But the game was not played by that rule. God expects repentance and most importantly, faith.

God doesn't judge your faith and repentance by the services and good deeds you performed. God wants you to have faith in Him, and hence, admit your sins and repent by doing good deeds. It's never a honour medals collecting game in the first place.

As an apatheist I still admire the idea of faith Christianity brought, though I always doubt if faith is humanly possible at all. It's sad, and in fact annoying, to see most of the people from the Jesus fans club play it Constantine's way.

Some of them ended up being hypocrites, they do moral things merely for the ticket to heaven.

Maybe Christian faith implies also the belief in the good of heaven, which I never have. I learned when I was very young that the only thing angels do up there is cleaning the clouds. Being a hypocrite for whole life to end up being the janitor of the cloud land FOREVER sounded like a very lame idea.

But I do have faith in another divine thing, called love.

If you want to ask why, read the definition of faith above alongside this entry again and again until you want to stop asking.