the great faith based reasoning?

Question

i have faith that the earth is flat because i cant see anything round
i have faith that salem is filled with witches to burn
i have faith the earth is the center of the universe
i have faith that god is everywhere because ....i cant see him anywhere?
i have faith that i will have sex with 42 virgins when i commit this suicide bombing

anybody see a pattern with this type of thinking?

Answer 1

I think your being a bit too general. You know everything is not that black and white. There is some truth to your statement but it does ot apply to all.There are too many scientific and archaeological statements in the bible that have been proven to be true.There are too many facts to dismiss.

Answer 2

As a Christian, I pray to God, not the pope and not to Luther. I don't consider myself Catholic nor protestant, though if pressed, I might rather side with protestant rather than Catholic even though the original meaning of the word Catholic meant universal. So now I guess the appropriate term is "non-denominational." Nevertheless, where such word as "reason" means compromise or excuse, it should render in all Christians this same feeling of repulsion. Should a sea captain put up with compromise in the hull of his ship, he wouldn't stay afloat for very long. On the other hand, balance is very important to the proper sailing of a ship. The word 'reason' is one of those words that has many different meanings. Certainly in Luther's day as today there were Satanists attacking Christianity with corruption disguised as compromise and being reasonable. Logic and nature are in many ways antithetical to faith and holiness. What revolutionary didn't speak in absolutes and extremes? But certainly when it comes to fidelity we don't want compromise. Shall we resist sin only some of the time? Shall we love God with only some of our heart and might and soul? Rather than praying fervently, shall we pray apathetically? Do you think that will work when the Bible clearly says we are to love God with ALL our heart and might and soul. We are to pray fervently. The faith of a mustard seed can move a mountain, but even a little doubt destroys all faith.

Answer 3

Salem actually paled in compare to the European witch trials, and if 42 virgins isn't enough to entice you, you actually (don't) get 72! Does that extra 30 sweeten the deal enough for you?

I just used this in a science Q, but it fits here
"The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church."
..........Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 4

Why do people need supporting evidence for God- believers see evidence in the smallest details of life. Are you telling me the only way you can believe in God is if you see and hear God for yourself? And I think it's wrong to take an extremist group and compare the true teachings of religion with it.

Answer 5

there is a strict difference between faith and brahmic knowlegde,faith is about "what i would like it to be",wereas brahmic knowlege is about ultimate truth which is beyond the mind and senses.this knowlege can only be demonstrated through the fact of our own self existent and not by storys and brainwashing

Answer 6

faith is not determine by ones own logic. True faith is action in response to Godly revelation

Answer 7

What do you think faith is? It is believing in things that are unprovable and often very unprobable in a very blind way.

Faith is not reason at all.

Answer 8

Bravo, you've illustrated what anyone with a 50+ IQ should be able to see, yet sadly... we have many 50- minuses on here

Answer 9

Madness

Answer 10

i have faith that flying squirrels are an abomination.

"All other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you."--Leviticus 11:23