RE: Question about "faith"
September 16, 2020 at 10:14 am
(This post was last modified: September 16, 2020 at 10:29 am by John 6IX Breezy.)
(September 16, 2020 at 9:50 am)Fake Messiah Wrote:(September 16, 2020 at 9:40 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: Faith is assenting to any proposition, based upon the credit of the proposer. How reasonable faith is depends on how trustworthy the proposer is.
Faith depends on personal tastes and/ or community in which you were raised.
Faith is not an objective thing.
Christians say with faith "Jesus walked on water" while Hindus say “The Dalai Lama reincarnates” Muslims say "Mohammed was the last prophet." These statements are faith claims masquerading as a knowledge claim, a statement of fact.
And, of course, different faith traditions make different truth claims.
The issue I think you're having is attempting to view a religious topic from an atheist perspective. No Christian ever says "I have faith that Jesus walked on water" unless they are talking to an atheist. Christians by definition already believe God exists and that Jesus walked on water. Rather, faith within a Christian perspective only takes place after you are sure of God's existence. It doesn't make sense before that, and faith is not the means by which to arrive at that. Faith is not for believing God exists, but for trusting God after you believe he exists.