(August 7, 2015 at 1:58 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I don't see having faith as some sort of "blind" thing, if you will. Where you just believe in something for absolutely no reason other than because you want to or just because, or whatever.
I'm sure you are correct about that. It isn't 'blind' it just can't be supported by reason. Or perhaps it is better to say no reasonable investigation would arrive at a god if you weren't already looking for one. Or maybe I'm wrong about that. People have believed in gods for a very long time, long enough that there is something natural about it.
(August 7, 2015 at 1:58 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: At least it isn't for me. In the same way that I have faith that God is real, I have faith that my husband loves me. I can't show you any sort of concrete "proof" that my husband loves me, but I conclude that he does based on many aspects of our life together. Because of those things, it makes sense to me that he does.
I use this example too. We do routinely take on faith that for which it would be absurd to request evidence. Given the right circumstances, apparently, gods can be one of these.
(August 7, 2015 at 1:58 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I honestly don't know what I'd be like if I wasn't a woman of faith. It's such a fundamental part of me and who I am, it's impossible to tell what I'd be like without it.
I consider myself a person of faith even though I find gods entirely implausible and unnecessary - for me. So from where I sit, gods are not required for faith.
