Hope and Faith

Hope seems more relevant of a topic because it has been plainly and easily defined.

When you ask people what faith is they either give you blank stares or start spouting off religiously, both of which serve as catalysts to confusion. So, I  am going to share the plain and simple definition I have for faith. It is to hope for things. Faith is the evidence of things hoped for but not seen (verified by perception or empiricism)

Faith is not a topic of much, and it confuses,me a bit. It can move mountains! It seems like it would be a better thing to own and evaluate that proving things true of false, to who knows what end.

For example, I watched a show seeking to prove true or false the Exodus story. Nothing was found, and that is supposed to prove a being who knows all things and can do anything does not exist? What if the story was found completely verifiable? It seems to me that would change faith into fact, and man even more into a diety able to outsmart God. So, I said, why don't they instead prove Goldilocks never lived. Most scholars wouldn't care and the story would loose no value for the facts.

The kingdom of Heaven is a place for children, or those who become like them, no?

Ok, that was all fliff, random topical pontifications so I might fit this in:

A woman was being comforted after outward signs became visible of her loss of hope. She hoped to one day becreunited with her family, but that hope was ruined. To comfort her she was offered this advice, which ought to be shared. A friend said, hope is not lost when situations change. We just need to alter our hope. What is so ironic about it and spawned my topic head is that this girl is one who clearly stated that although many around had reasons to loose or give up faith, hers was only strengthened. Um, maybe the writters lacked a bit of the mastery of terms to even know what they meant by that. The girl immediately mentions her relgion as being Episcopalian. So, is that her faith or merely her religion?