(March 25, 2015 at 9:17 pm)watchamadoodle Wrote: Another question for Christians: faith is obviously not a binary value (0% or 100%). Christians might say that a certain saint "had great faith". The parable of the mustard seed suggests that faith grows.There are degrees of faith. A biblical example would be Jesus being persuaded to go to someone house in order to heal them. Meanwhile a Roman centurion who realized the concept of authority, knew Jesus could Just "order" the healing to be done, no need to actually go to the house. Hence why his faith was greater.
So how can faith in Christian theology determine a person's fate after death (heaven or hell)? Nobody has 0% faith and nobody has 100% faith IMO. Everybody is inbetween somewhere. What do you suppose the cut-off level is for faith? How fair would it be to send one person to hell for having 49.9% faith and the other person to heaven for having 50% faith?
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