2006-08-19 00:31:29 · 16 answers · asked by christiansarenotweak 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
faith or blind faith?
2006-08-19 00:36:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Christian that's read the Bible, I agree that it takes a lot of faith, but I don't think it's all that hard to wrap logic and reason around either. The lessons that are contained in this one book are not that strange or foreign. In some instances they are given to us in circumstances that we're not familiar with. It was written thousands of years ago, some things are going to be hard to follow, but there is help out there. Almost every time I was freaked out by something I read, I later found a scholar that researched the time period and easily made the verse clearer, more down to earth. If you're really into logic, with a little research It can all be made clear.
2006-08-19 08:51:48 · answer #2 · answered by luvwinz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is very true since the bible defies all reason and logic, it's understanding comes completely from faith.
When every branch of science from anthropology to zymergy find fault with the bible we must abandon reason and rely completely on faith. I have done this and feel much better now
2006-08-19 07:48:59 · answer #3 · answered by famousblue11 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One must believe and have the mind to understand the Bible. The Creater and the God mentioned in the Old and the New Testaments, is the same God Christians worship till today. Faith in God that he provides and protects must come from our hearts. Believing that Jesus is the Son of God and acceptance of the trinity enhances our faith.
2006-08-19 07:52:03 · answer #4 · answered by john j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello!! :o) One of the many gifts that comes with faith - is wisdom. This is not to say that those who believe are [necessarily] 'wise' - but they DO have the advantage over someone who does not believe. This - I think - explains why there are many people in the world who have read the Bible from cover to cover - and still behave in ways that are not in keeping with God's message. Faith is like a 'key' that opens many doors. God reveals things to those who believe. Craig!! :o)
2006-08-19 07:47:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually it requires only faith. The mind would lead you away from it if you thought about things logically.
2006-08-19 07:36:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it requires faith.
Faith is the ability to believe something with no underlying proof.
2006-08-19 07:46:35 · answer #7 · answered by PBarnfeather 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People use their mind to decide where to place their faith. Your argument could be used for any of the monotheist religions :) And even some that aren't.
2006-08-19 07:37:14 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a book requires faith to understand it then it holds no ground to preach it around to others.
God has created the nature and the book of his words should be able to understood by anyone with common sense.
2006-08-19 07:38:40 · answer #9 · answered by Mesum 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
1 Corinthians 2:14
"The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned."
Yes it does take faith.
2006-08-19 13:00:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a sister who is a college professor that feels the way most of these others do. It's not logical to believe that a being ever existed that was more intelligent than they are.
2006-08-19 07:51:43 · answer #11 · answered by Calill C 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋