Does it have any effect on reality and if so, how much? Of course Im not talking about faith in god or any deity really. But for example if your family is good at math and it's like a family thing, does it affect you in any way, like make you think you're better at that than "mere mortals" and have it have real effect on your life?
Im asking this because Im having a sort of a crisis in my life now. I used to think my dad was the smartest person in the world right. He always had the right answer for everything but now Im starting to think that maybe hes not always right. so theres a conflict.. I have faith in him, I think hes pretty smart but I also think hes limited to hes senses and Ive learned to disagree with him about some things.
So is faith limiting or empowering? On one side, idolizing people who aren't as smart as you seems limiting but on another believing that youre more awesome that you actually are seems empowering and makes you work harder to prove others are right about you.