The truth is, of course, that we live in a free country in which we are allowed to question one another's faith, and yes, even doubt that faith, and declare that we don't believe people's declarations of faith.
Declarations of faith ("Nothing is impossible," "I know I can still swim faster") upstage every plot point.
Whatever O'Brien's current opinion may be, declarations of faith in Trapattoni are no longer made with quite such vigour elsewhere.
Pop singers and film actors can have young girls scrambling to touch them, but they don't make 16-stone building workers tighten at the throat and offer emotional declarations of faith.
Now, in a remarkable campaign development, Mr. Lieberman is being criticized by some Jewish leaders and others fearful that his declarations of faith as a devout Jew, and his calls for more religion in public life, are an affront to Americans who are less religious or whose faith comes from a different tradition.
And like her first album, "Voyage" combines songs of self-encouragement ("Little Things," "Slow Down"), declarations of faith ("God Is Real") and sensitive explorations of the bonds between men and women ("Talk to Her," "Can I Walk With You," "Complicated Melody").
