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QA 20 of 24. The subtitles for this question are listed below. 

1. Question. — You speak of belief. Who or what is it that believes? 
2. Belief - Understanding versus belief
3. Healing - Confirmation by healing
4. Belief and firm trust

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  	Question. — You speak of belief. Who or what is it
  	that believes? 

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  	Question. — You speak of belief. Who or what is it
  	that believes? 
15	Answer. — Spirit is all-knowing; this precludes the
  	need of believing. Matter cannot believe, and Mind
  	understands. The body cannot believe. The	                                    Understanding
18	believer and belief are one and are mortal. 	                                    versus belief 
  	Christian evidence is founded on Science or
  	demonstrable Truth, flowing from immortal Mind, and
21	there is in reality no such thing as mortal mind. Mere
  	belief is blindness without Principle from which to ex-
  	plain the reason of its hope. The belief that life is sen-
24	tient and intelligent matter is erroneous. 
  	    The Apostle James said, "Show me thy faith without
  	thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." 
27	The understanding that Life is God, Spirit, lengthens
  	our days by strengthening our trust in the deathless
  	reality of Life, its almightiness and immortality. 
30	    This faith relies upon an understood Principle. This
  	Principle makes whole the diseased, and brings out the
 1	enduring and harmonious phases of things. The result
  	of our teachings is their sufficient confirmation. When,
 3	on the strength of these instructions, you are	                                          Confirmation
  	abl...e to banish a severe malady, the cure shows	                                  by healing 
  	that you understand this teaching, and therefore you re-
 6	ceive the blessing of Truth. 
  	    The Hebrew and Greek words often translated belief
  	differ somewhat in meaning from that conveyed by the
 9	English verb believe; they have more the sig-	                                Belief and
  	nificance of faith, understanding, trust, con-	                                        firm trust 
  	stancy, firmness. Hence the Scriptures often appear in
12	our common version to approve and endorse belief, when
  	they mean to enforce the necessity of understanding. 
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