The C of E website has this page.
I quote: "... believe and trust. This is called faith. It is a different sort of knowledge. It is the knowledge of being known and loved, and of loving in return."
How does faith suddenly become knowledge?
I was taught, at school, that faith is when we believe something we are told because we trust those who have told us (as I recall the origin of bananas was used as an example. The teacher believed that they came from South and Central America, India, China and Africa even though he had never been to those places).
One possible reason fewer people go to church now is because there is much less trust, these days, in what people tell us. Just look at what politicians say by putting a spin on something. Think Boris!
The case is often used that the parents who tell their children about Jesus are the same parents who have told them about Santa Claus. How can you trust someone who lies to you?
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