"It's really hard to talk to friends or acquaintances about leaving a faith or joining a new faith without embarrassment.
But it is really a faith, or more accurately a set of overlapping and squabbling faiths, each with its own doctrines.
Some people worry they'll be considered a traitor to a faith or alternately talking to people in a new faith they are nervous about coming off as ignorant".
This would be a big claim for someone who didn't found an empire, reform a faith or directly challenge the structures of society.
Goodness is not about professing a faith or belonging to a charitable organization or serving in uniform or building houses for others.
We might attach it to a particular way of thinking, a philosophy, a faith, or have no name for it whatsoever.
If you practice a faith or religion, now can be a good time to explore it further.
One by one, other dancers, each dressed in a costume that suggested a different faith or sect — a Buddhist monk, an Amish woman, a Christian priest, a Jew, a Sikh, and so on — entered, and joined Song-Begin in the contemplative motions, in unison.
There must be a blessing reflecting faith in a religion or a way of life and an expression of belief in and deep appreciation for the goodness of this wonderful land we live in.
