RE: What is "FAITH"
June 20, 2013 at 8:00 pm
(This post was last modified: June 20, 2013 at 8:04 pm by Consilius.)
I think you are painting faith in a bad light.
Faith and doubt are opposing terms. Both are built on evidence. This evidence causes a person to lean in one direction or the other in their belief in something. Neither faith nor doubt suggest that you are absolutely certain of anything.
Christians believe there is a God. Claiming to know for certain is as valid as claims of miracles or revelations.
Even God doesn't want people to to know for certain that he is real, because the fact is that nobody does or ever will. Words like 'believe', 'trust', and 'faith' are used in the Bible and by Christians show this.
Before you ask, the 'evidence' I accept is the philosophical claim that the unchanging and invisible nature of goodness suggests the nature of God. This good is 'revealed' in a way through personal subjective encounters of goodness e.g. getting 'lucky'.
Faith and doubt are opposing terms. Both are built on evidence. This evidence causes a person to lean in one direction or the other in their belief in something. Neither faith nor doubt suggest that you are absolutely certain of anything.
Christians believe there is a God. Claiming to know for certain is as valid as claims of miracles or revelations.
Even God doesn't want people to to know for certain that he is real, because the fact is that nobody does or ever will. Words like 'believe', 'trust', and 'faith' are used in the Bible and by Christians show this.
Before you ask, the 'evidence' I accept is the philosophical claim that the unchanging and invisible nature of goodness suggests the nature of God. This good is 'revealed' in a way through personal subjective encounters of goodness e.g. getting 'lucky'.