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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 6226580" data-attributes="member: 16586"><p>What is problematic for me personally with encyclopedia style definitions of faith is that they do not speak to a person of faith's thought experiences. What does the faith look like on a personal level? How can I express doubt without denying faith? How do I deal with conflicts between faith and the world around me. Should the existence of the gods be taken at face value? How do I know if I'm adequately representing a member of the priesthood? If the answer is I still have my powers than we are not representing the human religious experience and exploration of faith becomes largely meaningless. Fiction should be used as a way to reflect on our own condition or it largely becomes a fruitless exercise void of reflective value.</p></blockquote><p></p>