(September 18, 2020 at 10:54 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: I see. I disagree with the premise of the question. Faith is not for believing in God's existence; faith is for trusting God after you believe he exists. That is how faith is used in Scripture. As far as the Christian is concerned, the proposer is God, his proposition is salvation, and his merits include the crucifixion. Faith, therefore, is trust in God with regards to forgiveness, deliverance from temptation, etc.
Okay, i understand that.
Quote:How you come to believe in God's existence is entirely dissociated from faith and dependent on you. I assume that for most people, personal experience, evidence, teachings, culture, or argumentation played a role in that belief. In the Bible stories at least, people come to believe after some miracle, sign, or divine appearance.
Most of these are just things written in a collection of books, how do you jump from that to believing your experiences are a miracle, a divine sign etc ?
'Those who ask a lot of questions may seem stupid, but those who don't ask questions stay stupid'
