you have to have faith..and there's a purpose

[ThomM]

Got into a discussion and basically it was asserted that "No one can know whether or not God exists or that there is life after death,but we have to have faith"

Then I said I'd rather go by fact than faith.

then she said "You have faith I'm a good friend don't you? We all need to have faith in something."

then it went into---"How can you not believe that you were not here for a purpose? all the time you could have died or when "so and so" told me her brother pushed her out of a car on the free way during rush hour and she rolled to safety? I believe everyone is here for a reason and won't die until that is fulfilled."

Actually - You do not have FAITH that she is a good friend - you have FACTS that establish or don't establish it.

Ask her what is the purpose of a baby being born dead - have done NOTHING on earth.