Those that do not have faith - - what have you got to lose?
Help me better understand.
2006-09-09 12:32:18 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is nothing wrong with faith, only ignorance. I have plenty of faith, but it's not in any deity. I have faith in myself and that's all I need. I don't need to be instructed how to have faith, or be punished because my faith differs, either.
The Christian fallacy is that Faith = God, and that's just arrogant.
2006-09-09 13:14:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not going to try and stop anyone else having faith in whatever they want, I just fail to understand it myself, and get a bit pissed of when other people's faith impinges on my life and the way I want to live it. It is the whole forcing beliefs on others that annoys a lot of people. And there's a lot of it that goes on, because so many religious people are so convinced that they know the truth that they try to make others believe the same.
2006-09-09 12:38:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having faith is not a voluntary decision, like having a car. It's a matter of conviction. If you are not convinced, you can't have faith. And I can't be convinced of anything unless I get either direct proof of its truth, or indirect proof that someone I trust has proof in it. I mean, I have no actual proof that the earth is round, but I know that some people I can trust (scientists) do have proof of it.
Well, for all we know no one has proof that there IS a god, so why should I have faith in something that nobody can prove to me?
2006-09-09 12:38:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have faith in my family and my friends. But not some concept of a god. You believe, I don't. My going through the motions of your idea of belief doesn't constitute belief on my part. Besides, don't you think "What do you have to lose" is a pretty lame reason to go through those motions? If your god did exist, wouldn't it be offensive to it for me to lie about my beliefs?
2006-09-09 12:41:47 · answer #4 · answered by Skeff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's great if you have faith. But I also think people shouldn't try to talk themselves into believing something that simply doesn't make sense to them.
For example, I could never make myself believe that my horoscope in the newspaper will come true. I just can't believe that 1/12 of the population will have the same thing happen to them based on birthdays.
Wasn't there someone in the Bible who didn't believe Jesus had risen until he saw for himself? Maybe if we could all see and talk to the risen Christ, we would all believe.
2006-09-09 12:37:59 · answer #5 · answered by mollyneville 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected.
-- H L Mencken, in American Mercury (March, 1930)
Why should I support someone's fantasy? Especially, when they are trying to impose there beliefs on me. Freedom is what I have to lose. You can keep your blind faith and fantasy. I choose freedom and facts.
2006-09-09 12:37:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There's nothing wrong with having faith as long as you're not trying to project your beliefs onto others who don't want to believe.
2006-09-09 12:40:43 · answer #7 · answered by young one 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Romans 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
To live by faith, you have everything to gain. Praise the Lord!!!
2006-09-09 12:39:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I had Faith last week. This week I had Hope, Next week I'm having Charity!! Now do you understand?
2006-09-09 12:39:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Faith is a wonderful thing to have,Jesus said"If you have the faith of a mustard seed that you can move mountains".Where would we be without faith/
2006-09-09 12:37:40 · answer #10 · answered by preast 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋