Faith In The Iliad

The word faith has different meanings for different people. For Christians, faith is believing in something that cannot be seen. In the Bible in the book of Hebrews chapter eleven, verse one states, “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” For non-believers of Christ the dictionary, says faith is having “complete trust or confidence in someone or something.” Personally, I view faith as believing in something I cannot see and loving something I cannot touch or feel. Even though all of these are different perspectives concerning faith they all have a common mechanism. Faith is having assurance in someone or something one cannot see. Secondly, in the poem, The Iliad, characters show signs of faith. On page eleven, Achilles’ “prayed to his own dear mother.” Many people view the act of praying as being hopeful or confident in what is not visible by the naked eye. Achilles’ was talking to someone who was not there with him physically but mentally; therefore, his action was a display of faith because he believed in someone he could not see. In regards to Christianity, praying
Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith.” Faith is being able to stumble so fearlessly into adventure because one knows, without a shadow of a doubt someone will be there to catch them. Just a few years ago I was in Honduras delivering food in a village. In this village there were some of the poorest people I had ever seen. As we were handing out food, we were telling the families to remain in their home to make sure everyone got food. While we were walking house to house a lady came chasing the group down I was walking with and told us we had missed her house and she needed food. The lady went on to tell us, she had prayed God would supply her with food to feed her family, and because of her faith in the unknown my mission team was the answer to her