Is there another motivation for christian belief?

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Of course by that standard, as you point out in the example I quoted, so are a lot of non-believers.  We just don't hope for un-natural mechanisms as explanations for observed phenomena or an ever-ever land afterlife.

Oh I know. I was specifically referring to the religious context when I wrote that line. I meant us religious folks are people of hope in that we hope the our religion is true even though there is no concrete proof.  

But yes, I'm sure every person, or at least most people, have hope for certain things to be true that they can't prove.

Thanks for your post, Catholic Lady. Out of curiosity, I've heard practitioners of religious faith, such as William Lane Craig and James White, say that their religion provides them with an objective basis for morality.  However, if there is no concrete proof for the truth of their religion, then is it more accurate for them to say that their religious morality is faith-based, not objectively based? Thanks.