If you know its truth that faith is not required, it is fact.
2006-11-21 16:31:13 · 25 answers · asked by CJ 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's kinda how Mark Twain put it, "Faith is believing what you know ain't so"
2006-11-21 16:33:21 · answer #1 · answered by Black Parade Billie 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i bet you'd get along with the guy who asked ''why doesn't God just prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that He exists, so a lot more ppl would get saved?''
John MacArthur said something very provocative: ''since belief is a moral, rather than an intellectual issue, no amount of evidences can ever turn unbelief into faith.'' this statement has some astonishing implications:
1. it is not knowledge that saves a person.
2. suppose there arises a movement that spreads around the world, some new science has proved the bible true, and proved beyond any criticism that the God of which the bible speaks exists. all other religions everywhere admit they just didn't see the whole picture, but now they do, and everyone with the mental capacity to grasp such knowledge, does so. they are still not saved. you can't look for proof and then be saved by knowledge. the proof is out there, it's abundant, and it exists to show how foolish it is not to believe, but not to make actual believers out of anyone. for someone to believe, a deliberate change in their heart must take place, not a change in their knowledge.
if God could be proven without a shadow of a doubt, there would be ppl believing b/c they have to, not because of a willful submission to God.
it's almost like He's showing us mercy at this point, knowing that there are many who will not believe, He does not give out much evidence where everybody can't help but see it. for where much is given, much will be demanded.
to quote the Newsboys: ''hold on, let the truth be known, the truth is more than to each his own. if the Truth be known, there'll be more to answer for. everybody gets a shot, it'll cost you everything you've got. if the truth be known, do you really wanna know?''
2006-11-22 02:02:24 · answer #2 · answered by phtokhos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No and faith is something that one believes in and it must be a truth or else a person will not believe. Like to believe in God requires faith.
2006-11-22 01:08:23 · answer #3 · answered by JoJoBa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's foolish. Why do you think you have to know something is true for it to be true? There are many truths that you don't know to be true. So why would having faith that they are true make them untrue? Religion is a matter of faith. But I challenge you to prove either the existence of a God or the absence of a God. Nether can be proved. God bless kisses Betty.
2006-11-22 00:44:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why would anyone have faith in something they do not believe is true? Excuse me, but that makes no sense.
Faith is evidence of things not seen. I have faith that every single promise God has made, He shall perform. Many things that God has promised, in His word, have not been fulfilled. Do I believe they will be fulfilled? Absolutely. But I have no proof I can show you, I have only my faith.
2006-11-22 01:40:10 · answer #5 · answered by Esther 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith is the evidence of things unseen. If I stand outside in a open field I am unable to see the wind. Yet I can stand in the same spot and feel the wind on my face and feel it blow my hair. I am still unable to see the wind, yet the evidence is there to prove it. Just like knowing that I know that Christ is my Lord and Savior. I know it just as sure as I live and breath. Though I can't see Him, He effects my life more than the wind ever will.
2006-11-22 00:47:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith is believeing in something or someone and knowing that it is true. Like having the faith to believe in the one true son of God Jesus christ and it is true and real, faith is believeing that whatever you set your mind to do, you would accomplish it and it shall come to pass because you believe in yourself to make it come true. Or like when someone dear to you is sick in the hospital and you don't know if they will make it, you have the faith to believe in God to heal and make them well again.
2006-11-22 00:44:07 · answer #7 · answered by judy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To use an analogy, if religion is a series of plateaus in developing the mind, then faith sort of acts like a bridge between these plateaus.
2006-11-22 00:39:34 · answer #8 · answered by Bad Buddhist 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
faith is putting up a partisan in your head between rationality and what you want to be true. we are taught our faith, and it is engraved into our heads. there is no basis for faith, the evidence against it is overwhelming. not to mention look at the hypocrisy, not only of the church, but of every faith. religion is insanity, but it is made sane by consensus. there is no deductive model that can prove or even come close to bringing about a leap of faith about jesus, muhammad and so on. in todays world, you can be a scientist during the week and a christian at mass on sunday. these two ideas are completely conflictual, but it shows what the human mind is truly capable of.
2006-11-22 00:42:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. Faith has eyes of its own.
".....Nevertheless when the Son of Man comes, shall He find faith on the earth?"
2006-11-22 02:15:32 · answer #10 · answered by Tommy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. Its the deed you posses of that which you hope for even when your senses can not detect or grasp the object.
2006-11-22 00:46:14 · answer #11 · answered by who am i 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋