Definitions for leap of faith
leap of faith

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1. leap of faithnoun

   The act of believing in something, despite lack of proof of its truth or existence.

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1. Leap of faith

   A leap of faith, in its most commonly used meaning, is the act of believing in or accepting something intangible or unprovable, or without empirical evidence. It is an act commonly associated with religious belief as many religions consider faith to be an essential element of piety. The phrase is commonly attributed to Søren Kierkegaard; however, he himself never used the term, as he referred to a leap as a leap to faith. A leap of faith according to Kierkegaard involves circularity insofar as a leap is made by faith. In his book Concluding Unscientific Postscript, he describes the core part of the leap of faith, the leap. "Thinking can turn toward itself in order to think about itself and skepticism can emerge. But this thinking about itself never accomplishes anything." Kierkegaard says thinking should serve by thinking something. Kierkegaard wants to stop "thinking's self-reflection" and that is the movement that constitutes a leap. He's against people thinking about religion all day without ever doing anything. But he's also against external shows and opinions about religion and in favor of the internal movement of faith. He says, "where Christianity wants to have inwardness, worldly Christendom wants outwardness, and where Christianity wants outwardness, worldly Christendom wants inwardness." But, on the other hand, he also says, "The less externality the more inwardness if it is truly there; but it is also the case that the less externality, the greater the possibility that the inwardness will entirely fail to come. The externality is the watchman who awakens the sleeper; the externality is the solicitous mother who calls one; the externality is the roll call that brings the soldier to his feet; the externality is the reveille that helps one to make the great effort; but the absence of the externality can mean that the inwardness itself calls inwardly to a person-alas, but it can also mean that the inwardness will fail to come." The "most dreadful thing of all is a personal existence that cannot coalesce in a conclusion," according to Kierkegaard. He asked his contemporaries if any of them had reached a conclusion about anything or did every new premise change their convictions.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of leap of faith in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of leap of faith in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of leap of faith in a Sentence

1. Crissa Hiranaga:

   We took a leap of faith that this was the right thing to do at a really strange time, and it all worked out amazingly.

2. Taylor Allen:

   Taking the leap of faith to move to Tulsa was one of the best decisions I ever made, the community has been so welcoming and has quickly made Tulsa feel like home. I am thankful for the abundant opportunities to invest in Tulsa through what I'm already passionate about.

3. Wally Cleaver:

   I think people should take the leap of faith that they can feel better.

4. Steve Maraboli:

   Sometimes you have to take those first steps, take that leap of faith, and inspire God to catch you."

5. Racquel Bailey:

   Sometimes in life, you just have to take a leap of faith, believe in yourself so much that others will think what you're doing is crazy, to me, Tyler Perry understood that. Tyler Perry story is one of those who came from nothing, who Tyler Perry believed in Tyler Perry when( no one) else did. Tyler Perry did something that most would have called crazy, but Tyler Perry dared to be different.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Leap_of_Faith
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=leap of faith