RE: What is the difference between faith and gullibility?
September 25, 2012 at 6:21 am
(This post was last modified: September 25, 2012 at 6:25 am by Reasonable_Jeff.)
(September 19, 2012 at 2:35 pm)Minimalist Wrote:
![[Image: ichatimage891131384xf6.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i4.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy108%2Frschilla%2Fichatimage891131384xf6.jpg)
Actually when Christianity was just starting out they had a reputation of being cannibals because of the line
John 6:56 (NLT) — 56 Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.
(September 19, 2012 at 2:32 am)Puddleglum Wrote: Seems like 'faith' is just a positive way of describing 'gullibility'. Or put it another way believer are suckers.
Faith (as a Protestant Christian would use it) is very similar to trust. As you would have faith/trust that a chair will hold your weight when you sit in it, or as you would have faith/trust in an elevator not to fall, so you must have faith/trust in Jesus' atonement for your sin on the cross knowing that it really is finished, it is enough and salvation has been given to you.
Here is a text that would convey that meaning. In the text the concept of faith is "believe in."
John 5:24 (NLT) — 24 “I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.
