Please don't tell me it means wait for a god to fix it or anything like that. The person who said it knows I'm an atheist.
2006-11-20 01:03:02 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It means to believe in something enough that it kind of resolves itself. I mean,don't get me wrong, I believe in God to the fullest,but having faith means to believe that something good will always happen. If your having a bad day and someone says just have faith, it means that you should just keep trying and believing and eventually you'll have a great day. It's not just with good or bad days...it's with everything.
God Bless!!
2006-11-20 01:06:34 · answer #1 · answered by Amber R 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take your pick. Twain's is my favorite. Dan Barker's is damn good too, especially considering that he was a Christian minister for 19 years.
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. Richard Dawkins
Faith is an absolutely marvelous tool. With faith there is no belief that cannot be justified. Rev. Donald Morgan (b. 1933), Atheist theologian
Truth does not demand belief. Scientists do not join hands every Sunday, singing, yes, gravity is real! I will have faith! I will be strong! I believe in my heart that what goes up, up, up must come down, down. down. Amen! If they did, we would think they were pretty insecure about it. Dan Barker
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. Mark Twain
2006-11-20 01:06:36 · answer #2 · answered by Kathryn™ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Definition:Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld.(Hebrews 11:1) True faith is not credulity, that is, a readiness to believe something without sound evidence or just because a person wants it to be so. Genuine faith requires basic or fundamental knowledge, acquaintance with evidence, as well as heartfelt appreciation of what that evidence indicates. Thus, although it is impossible to have real faith without accurate knowledge, the Bible says that it is "with the heart" that one exercises faith. (Rom. 10:10).
2006-11-20 02:22:58 · answer #3 · answered by vonnie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An Athiest never has faith. If you had ever read the Bible you would have the answer. If you do not believe in God you must be a sorry sad person. It will never be better for you. You have no soul and belong to Satan
2006-11-20 01:09:29 · answer #4 · answered by Virginia T 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To have faith means to have a belief that things will turn out for the better.
2006-11-20 01:05:28 · answer #5 · answered by gapeach 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The same thing as whatever happens is for the good. Acceptance of what you can't change....
The religious believe everything that happens is Gods plan yet they also believe we have freedom of choice. I just wish they would make up thier minds. Baaaaaaa Baaaaaaa
2006-11-20 01:08:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
well thats what the person who knows you're a atheist meant....but personally i think "have faith" means that if it's meant to be then it will happen.if not then you'll have to change what you what..go for something you know can happen......
2006-11-20 01:07:16 · answer #7 · answered by solsbj 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hmmmm well when people say that they are saying "put it in God's hands" and relax and know that you'll get through it somehow. So since you're an athiest I guess ummm...well, you leave it in your own hands and chill with it?
2006-11-20 01:05:40 · answer #8 · answered by aali_and_harith 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, but that's exactly what it means, having faith in Jesus Christ.
2006-11-20 01:06:59 · answer #9 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ok,but that is what it means,you have to have faith in something,so why not the truth?
2006-11-20 01:06:16 · answer #10 · answered by daleswife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋