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@ vinney
2025-04-21 01:29:05
for trust to make any sense you have to be certain the thing is there to begin with. that's why people usually mean "wishful thinking" when it comes to religion, because it involves the element of uncertainty.
like when you tell someone a secret, you know for sure they know it and you trust them that they'll keep it safe. if someone breaks into your house and you're not sure if they read your diary, you _hope_ and wish they didn't, you don't **trust** they didn't.
the certainty is the difference. believers claim to have that certainty (which is why they insist on the "trust" meaning), while us nonbelievers maintain that you can't be certain, thus "faith" can only mean "hope".
sure you can trust the burglar didn't read your diary... but you might be wrong and it has nothing to do with your trust being broken, it has to do with your assumptions being wrong.