RE: In Christianity, blind faith is good faith
May 14, 2015 at 7:46 am
(This post was last modified: May 14, 2015 at 7:47 am by Whateverist.)
(May 13, 2015 at 7:41 am)Randy Carson Wrote: Believers today do not have that direct evidence; they must rely on the indirect or circumstantial evidence. And they are blessed for accepting that evidence without the benefit of actually seeing and touching Jesus the way the original apostles did. However, this is NOT "blind faith". It is faith based upon EVIDENCE provided by eyewitnesses.
Hey, don't worry about waking a dead thread. Obviously had a couple more day's worth of life in it. But if you don't want to talk about it here, feel free to make a new thread.
I'll just say that what you call evidence is what most of us would call appeals to authority, the authority of your priest or your parents or the bible. It is the faith that those who came before you wouldn't be passing on a load of crap unless it was more than that. There is no evidence.
No shame to have faith though. I have faith too. Faith in my wife and friends and dog. Faith in my own abilities to understand and communicate and make things and be in relationships. Lots of things. But when my father tried to hand me a load of crap and call it the baby Jesus I said no.
