RE: Do you see any benefits to religious faith?
September 14, 2016 at 11:56 pm
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2016 at 12:04 am by Mudhammam.)
(September 14, 2016 at 10:22 pm)Arkilogue Wrote:Right, works such as talking to the glorified bodies of Moses and Elijah on a mountain, teleporting through closed doors, and ascending all the way into the clouds! all of which were to be believed on the basis of apostolic tradition. I can hardly perceive the difference between such divine persuasion when weighed against the "pistis" which I am obliged to consider in the demonstrations of Aristotle.(September 14, 2016 at 5:07 pm)Mudhammam Wrote: Sounds (I dare not say looks) like blind faith is what they were going for to me.
Would Jesus always be around to preform works? No.
Did Jesus ask for people to just take him at his word? No.
John 10:38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza