(March 4, 2018 at 9:23 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Jenny, I think where people may be getting hung up is that having hope is part of having faith. The 2 go hand in hand. There is no concrete proof that God exists, but we *hope* that He does.
Of course, if it was somehow made 100% clear that God indeed was not real, there would be no reason to hope anymore and I would just face the reality. But as everyone knows, It's almost impossible to disprove a negative and probably impossible to disprove the existance of God. So there will always be room for faith and hope, and people will keep hoping.
Faith requires no proof. We cannot prove (hate to use this overused example) Zeus doesn't exist, but we accept he doesn't, because we were willing to, as OP states: not believe in him, if he does not exist. Many could hope he exists all they want but it wouldn't change anything.
So if you were to try and discuss the existence of god with the OP, your answer to the question would be "no" and therefore cannot go further. lol
