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vr.tr.faith · thing-q5410500

Let an agent handle faith as belief by tradition and context, attributing beliefs to adherents, respecting non-belief and staying neutral.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.STA
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Meaning Which sense.

Sense

Religious or everyday.

Sense

Sense.

  1. Is religious faith or everyday trust meant? boundary
  2. Is a particular religion meant? boundary

Tradition

Understanding.

Tradition

Tradition.

  1. How does this tradition understand faith, according to its sources? provenance
  2. Is it attributed rather than asserted? boundary
Philosophy Debates.

Reason

Faith and reason.

Reason

Faith and reason.

  1. What positions exist on faith and reason? provenance
  2. Who holds them? provenance

Non-belief

Respect.

Non-belief

Non-belief.

  1. Are atheist and agnostic perspectives represented fairly? boundary
  2. Which sources present them? provenance
Community Practice.

Find

Communities.

Find

Finding communities.

  1. Which faith communities are nearby? provenance
  2. How can they be contacted? action

Chaplaincy

Pastoral care.

Chaplaincy

Chaplaincy.

  1. Is chaplaincy or pastoral support available in this hospital, school or workplace? provenance
  2. Is it multi-faith? provenance
Handling Neutrality.

Tone

Neutral.

Tone

Neutral tone.

  1. Is the answer neutral between faiths and non-belief? boundary
  2. Are beliefs attributed? boundary

Harm

Coercion.

Harm

Coercion.

  1. Is someone describing coercion or abuse in a religious setting? boundary
  2. Which support services can help? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Cross-cutting context
Entry kind
thing
Plane
XCT
Domain
XCT.STA
Other names and narrower kinds
tulpa, mysticism, folk belief, Bahá'í mystical teachings, Taoist mysticism, Kabbalah, AI mysticism, quantum mysticism, Hekhalot literature, Theosophical mysticism, English Qabalah, the third line

What it is Filled

Confidence, trust or belief in something or someone, especially religious belief in God or gods or in a tradition teachings, as well as mystical and folk beliefs; meanings differ across traditions.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle faith as belief by tradition and context, attributing beliefs to adherents, respecting non-belief and staying neutral.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Belief or trust
  • Understood differently across traditions
  • Personal and communal
  • Debated in philosophy

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present one tradition's beliefs as true for everyone.
  • Disparage believers or non-believers, or treat unbelief as a defect.
  • Attribute a belief to a person or community without evidence.
  • Exploit someone's faith to persuade them to give money or obedience.

Only with a human decision

  • Writing anything that will be read as religious teaching or pastoral counsel.

May

  • Describe what faith means within a named tradition, citing that tradition's own sources.
  • Explain differences between traditions and between belief and unbelief respectfully.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Faith is central to many people's identity, and ridicule or misrepresentation wounds deeply.
  • Religious trust has been used to extract money and obedience from vulnerable people.

Who is affected

  • Believers
  • Non-believers and religious minorities
  • People targeted by religious fraud

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody: a personal conviction; each community answers for its own teaching.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q34394 - registry parent class

related

  • belief - category
  • theology and philosophy of religion - fields
  • religion - context
  • doubt - related

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.faith
  • Wikidata: Q5410500 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5410500)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Religious faith and everyday trust
  • Tradition-specific terms
  • Faith as a religion (a faith) is a related sense
  • Not physical; expressed in practice, worship, texts and life choices.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain how traditions understand faith
  • distinguish faith, belief and trust
  • find faith communities and chaplaincy
  • discuss faith and reason debates neutrally

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Presenting one tradition as true for all
  • Disrespecting non-belief

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (ECHR Article 9)

Context of use required Filled

  • Understanding religious and personal belief.
  • religious faith
  • mystical traditions
  • folk belief
  • secular trust and confidence
  • faiths as religions

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q5410500: faith - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Faith - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should faith in each tradition be a separate entry?
  • How should mystical traditions be linked?
  • How should the religion sense be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q5410500/spec.json