What convinced you?
2006-08-24 19:11:33 · 9 answers · asked by Cali88 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
There never was any leap, It has always been and ever shall be !
It is not a matter of truth being revealed nor understanding but a knowing that has remained unchanged by any means and can only be "realized" if you truly seek with all your being...
2006-08-24 20:32:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have faith in faith itself. I made this "leap" after the realization that there is no such thing as "truth". At least, there is no way that we can know for sure that is. If you search for truth by method of deduction and discover that once all else has been eliminated there is no truth to be found, one has only faith, that is, a choice (whether you believe choice is real or not) to believe. Faith and choice are not only corrollary but equivalent. Faith is both the form and function of belief, regardless of the platter it is served to you on (i.e., religion, philosophy, science, agnosticism, etc).
2006-08-28 18:24:55 · answer #2 · answered by narcissisticguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people are induced to abandon a rational demand for evidence in the face of extraordinary claims by a skillful propagandist, such as a minister or a priest. Sometimes fear is a component of the persuasion: that is why the story of Hell exists. Guilt is frequently played upon, often day after day for months, with "salvation" being the promised relief. Fear and guilt are the commonest tools in the proselytizer's arsenal, but there are others, including pseudo-intellectualism, usually about the importance of morals and their impossibility "without God," or some such falsity.
2006-08-24 19:38:40 · answer #3 · answered by David S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was a Stumbling Stone on the road road of life.
It involved no voluntary leap on my part.
The impact with the ground effectively WOKE ME UP from a fifty-nine year long spiritual coma of a sort.
Been VERY careful minding my step, I had. Too careful , and to my detriment. I was in retrospect "set up" in a way, and am now VERY GRATEFUL INDEED. WORDS SEEM INADEQUATE, in fact.
It has made _ALL_ the difference since !
Good thing, too.
I appreciate the consequences of the _opposite_ scenario, in which one gets irretrievably crushed.
2006-08-24 19:37:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently you have to go through some "life changing experience" -- like get cured from alcoholism, or drug addiction.
My understanding is that if you are a normal person who was never addicted to drugs to begin with -- there is no leap of faith for you.
2006-08-24 20:08:49 · answer #5 · answered by hq3 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Faith itself does not leave space for any questions...it is not dual and does not create doubts....If you still think how to do it , then you are not ready. Lack of Faith, so don't even try...instead of being enlightened you'll create a lot of trouble for yourself. When you'll be ready, you'll know it. Faith is that which convinces.
2006-08-24 19:32:16 · answer #6 · answered by Oleg B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok, i cannot accept that iam fully faithful. I mean iam still halfway, theres nothing that seems to convience me. But iam trying to be spritual or feel that yes iam faithful now. I have had different bad moments in my life. But i dont know..... i have come very far from it all now. But iam not happy......... i have a feeling to ending it all in a second.... but iam scared. So iam hoping i can be happier. And i dont want to walk around saying.... " You know iam very god fearing, faithful, etc etc etc".
I still will say yes, god is there but not the images we believe in.
2006-08-24 19:37:12 · answer #7 · answered by DU 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was easier for me than for most people. You see God contacted me personally and taught me spiritually for 12 days straight before he even told me who He was. So when He did, it was a no brainer.
2006-08-24 19:17:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fell in love.
But kept my prmises, did my duties.
2006-08-24 22:51:57 · answer #9 · answered by Pink Rose 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋