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As necessary as it is that faith find expression through assertions as well as actions, both – -- assertions of faith and actions of faith – -- are always problematic.

This is true of assertions of faith both
(1) because any assertion of faith may always be misunderstood, not as an existential (or existential-historical) assertion, but as an empirical (or empirical-historical) assertion (Indeed, in the case of assertions of faith formulated mythologically, such misunderstanding is practically unavoidable.); and
(2) because any assertion of faith may always conduce to faith itself being misunderstood as a matter of believing certain assertions, rather than as a matter of understanding oneself in one's ultimate setting as part of the encompassing whole.

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28 May 1997; rev. 3 March 1999

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As necessary as it is that faith find expression through assertions as well as actions, any assertion of faith is always problematic – -- both
(1) because it may itself be misunderstood, not as an existential (or existential-historical) assertion, but as an empirical (or empirical-historical) assertion (Indeed, in the case of assertions of faith formulated mythologically, such misunderstanding is practically unavoidable.); and
(2) because it may conduce to faith's also being misunderstood as a matter of believing and/or making assertions, rather than as a matter of understanding one's own existence in its ultimate setting as part of the encompassing whole.

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