One can believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ and feel no personal loyalty to Him at all -- indeed, pay no attention whatever to His commandments and His will for one's life. One can believe intellectually in the efficacy of prayer and never do any praying.
... Catherine Marshall, Beyond Our Selves


HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE??? this is like what my ta said in my paper about faith prior to belief. that we dont need faith. we can believe on a whim and have it not require much out of us. that we can believe in Jesus and "indeed, pay no attention whatever to His commandments and His will for one's life." no EFFORT even. but HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? isn’t it that one truly doesn’t believe if he doesn’t pursue it with all his heart? or is this the plight of being human. that we are fickle. that we are forgetful. hmm...is THIS the meaning of sin? that we know, and yet we do not act accordingly?