"believing is seeing" meaning in English

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Proverb

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  1. (idiomatic, philosophy, somewhat humorous) One needs to believe something in order to know or understand it. Tags: humorous, idiomatic Categories (topical): Philosophy Coordinate_terms: seeing is believing
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  2. (idiomatic, religion) Faith often precedes any miracle. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-believing_is_seeing-en-proverb-2oHR9L~W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Topics: lifestyle, religion
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