It seems that my ponderings of late seem to be jumping all over the place. I know that if I were to step back far enough that things would make sense and all come together, but for now I am up close and personal with the idea of “belief.” How does one define belief? My simplistic working definition is that belief is something that you know to be true. This then raises questions about “knowing” and “truth” but I am not ready to head down those roads yet. This is how one pondering turns into a lot of ponderings. Anyways back to “belief.”
It seems to me that our beliefs can be broken down into a least 3 different categories. I define these categories as doctrinal beliefs (those that form our worldview, life philosophy), functional beliefs (those that are informed by our doctrinal beliefs, but are the beliefs we live out each day), and natural beliefs (those beliefs that govern our natural world).
Over the next few days I will be looking deeper into each of these categories of beliefs. As you think about the different categories what are some of your beliefs that make up your worldview, that you function our of, that inform you about the natural world?