taking on faith
Accepting without proof
Taking on faith means accepting something as true without requiring proof or evidence.
The phrase suggests trust in a source, belief, or claim that cannot be verified through direct experience or logical demonstration.
Religious doctrines are often taken on faith, but the expression applies broadly: I'm taking it on faith that you know what you're doing.
The implication is that one chooses to believe despite uncertainty.
- credenceAcceptance as true
- true believerCompletely committed adherent
- beliefTrust held as true
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
gut instinct · trust · benefit of the doubt · axiom · leap · reliance · blind trust · unquestioning · no questions asked · assumption · doctrine · emotional reasoning · postulate · tradition · intuition · premise · heart · custom
taking on faithtesting
Examining to evaluate
fact-checking · empirical verification · demonstrating · substantiating · corroborating
taking on faithquestioning
Seeking answers through inquiry
doubting · skepticism · challenging · scrutinizing · disbelieving
taking, taken, takers, faith, faithful, faithfully, faithfulness, unfaithful, faithless