RE: Faith, what is it?
October 28, 2008 at 5:06 pm
(This post was last modified: October 28, 2008 at 5:06 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(October 28, 2008 at 4:37 pm)ManofGOD Wrote:(October 28, 2008 at 3:59 pm)bozo Wrote:(October 28, 2008 at 6:40 am)Bungy Wrote: What is the true definition of the word "FAITH" in your opinion, according to the bible?
Is faith 100% commitment or can it be less than that and still be faith?
I know a christian who says they don't know for sure 100% but claims to not be an agnostic theist
Does the bible say to believe without doubt and if so what chapter, verse etc.. or does it tell it's readers it's O.K to say "I'm not 100% sure"?
Anyone care to comment?
Turning yet again to TGD and Dawkins' spectrum of probability on god's existence, it seems to me that believers simply have to put themselves in cat.1 strong theist. Unlike us, who assess the probability and I suspect overwhelmingly claim cat.6 de facto atheist, their faith demands no question as to it being 100% certain that god exists. Poor deluded fools! And because they are so afflicted, rational argument/debate is impossible, so I either ridicule or bait them!
Faith is believing something without evidence. One should have faith that GOD exists, that He Loves you, that He will save you from a spiritual death. One could have faith in lesser things: faith that I am the Risen Christ.
You definitely sound like an atheist in secret to me. I think you very well could be, sounds like a joke, sorry if you're serious. But anyways, I agree with your definition, I also think faith is belief in the absence of evidence, just like Dawkins says: "Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence." - Richard Dawkins.
And you'll notice that this quote (and therefore, this definition of faith) is already in my signature.
