Is there a difference between faith, and blind-faith?

Question

If a person physically came into your life, and was exiled, but promised they would return one day, you could have faith that that person would return.

If you have a physical relationship with someone, you can have faith that that person will not do you wrong.

When you believe in an idol because your parents passed it down on to you, out of fear, or any of the other reasons people choose organized religions, that is BLIND-FAITH.

There are many stubborn people who will not realize this, but those people can not be helped. As for the majority of us, this is common sense. So, what is the point of all this you may ask?

How can you consider the structures of a religion moral if they preach sending all non-followers of that religion to hell. Now, not all religions are like this of course, but this kind of attitude, even possessed by a single person is a detriment to the world.

I will probably not get a lot of thought out posts, just more hatred, but that goes to the thesis.

Well we had two posts without much hatred, China-Rose you disappoint me. And I have a Master's degree, call me when you get out of high school.

Well, this is turning out about how I thought it would.

Seems like you learn the boundaries of arguments in freshman classes, you must have skipped right through that? This is not an argument of fact, as everything I have said is not debatable. Now the scope of faith is what is being debated. Which religion are you from; lying is looked down upon in many of them you know.

No, obviously that would mean your faith was betrayed, but it would have been based on observable evidence.

Answer 1

I am what I am and believe what I believe not because it was handed down to me. Because I choose. If it was only due to be handed down to me it would be of no value. If that was the case then why do children who were raised by atheist parents become christians????

Answer 2

really, there is no difference in the two. Even if you don't follow the bible, there is a verse in hebrews that sums up faith. "faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see" (11:1)

you hope for things, you believe things, but because we cannot see into the future or go back into the past, we cannot know for sure that whatever it is or was will take place. Faith is believing in the unknown because it feels right to you, whether you faith is based on "facts" or "doctrine" either way, it is a giant leap that we have to take. So really you don't have a basis for your question because, faith is blind no matter which way you look at.

As you said that you can have faith that someone will not do you harm, but what if they do? wouldn't that mean that you have blind faith also. Just because something is passed down, or chosen to believe doesn't not mean that they are wandering aimlessly. Let people believe what they believe, whether it makes sense to you or not.

Answer 3

Christians are to walk by faith and not by sight. To me this is we do not see what is before us but we choose to stay on the direction and "trust" what is ahead.

I myself have seen both views of religion and faith is neither all seeing nor is it blind. It is that we trust in what we hold to be true, always asking questions and always listening to what is to be said.
People come to me asking for readings, and they 'trust' what I have to say, so they have a faith in me; but what I tell them is by blind faith, is because I do not know everything, but I see a foreshadowing of it and pass that knowledge to them.

Answer 4

Hmm. You post a reasonable question. Then, you go on and answer it how you expect it to be answered. You then state that you won't get a lot of "thought out" posts.

What do you expect? You prime the pump for "ditto", get "ditto" and then you wonder why you got "ditto".

Answer 5

Christianity is faith. Darwinian evolution is blind faith!

Answer 6

okay i get it, you don't deserve an answer. how about false accusations? is that accopted in whatever cult you are in. anyways, i just wasted my time answering you. nonetheless you are still a blind leading the blind.

Answer 7

BELIEF IS TRUST AND TRUST IS FAITH
“WE TRUST IN GOD” MEANS WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF FAITH IN GOD.

Generally, faith is what you believe, even if you do not believe in believing it will be called your faith. In the world of faith, no one is a non-believer except those who declare themselves as Non-believers of One Alone GOD, by act or by word.
To understand faith, you must understand love. Love is a feeling, which keeps on changing and shivering. Sometimes it is minimized and sometimes it is maximized. To get balanced feeling, one needs to say “I love you” to express love and all those who are in love, keep on saying ”I love you” to assure their love, time to time and moment to moment as much as the feeling demands and feeling depends upon the potence of ones love.
As you know, just saying “I love you” cannot cause peace of heart but much more is desired to convey love and to gain satisfaction. Then gifts to show love are given to the beloveds and then time and services both are rendered to the beloveds to prove loyalty of love.
If you understand what a real love is, then you can easily understand the real faith in GOD because faith in GOD is same as one’s love and to balance the soul and body everyone needs to perform the same things which are performed in love such as by saying:
“There is no god but One Alone GOD, our Lord.”
“No one is good but One Alone GOD, our Lord.”
“There is no one who is our saviour but One Alone
GOD, the saviour of all.”
And that is not enough, one must keep on thanking GOD, Praising GOD, Serving GOD and Worshipping GOD with all of one’s heart, with all of one’s soul, with all of one’s energy and to prove one’s loyalty, one must follow the commandments of GOD our Lord. If one will do all what is required in love for the faith in GOD, one will be declared as the real servant of GOD our Lord and all acts of one will prove that one honourd one’s GOD our Lord and that is what one requires for salvation.
Please keep in mind:
1- Those who act against the commandments of GOD are sinners.
2- Sinners do not honour their GOD their Lord.
3- Those who do not honour their GOD their Lord are enemies of GOD the Lord of all.
4- Enemies of GOD the Lord of all will be punished here and will be thrown in hell there, after the judgment.
Beware please, the devil calls towards sins and saviours, a way not shown by the GOD through testaments and commandments.
“READ THOSE WHO HAVE EYES WITH VISION”

Faith is same for all religions and religions are the ways to follow the commandments of our GOD our Lord and the religions are the teachings to perform the acts according to the revealed books by the GOD our Lord through norms as taught by the messengers of GOD and there is no religion which teaches to perform bad deeds, commit sins and crimes except those which are Satan led.
Difference between faith and religion is simple. Faith, according to the teachings is:
1- Believe in GOD as One Alone and Only GOD.
2- Acceptance of the commandments of GOD for acts.
3- Keeping in view the Day of Judgment before and after the performance of acts.
The real religion is, in which performance of the faith is not a problem at all.
Every faith other than the faith taught by God is blind and every religion which leads to saviours and gods other than GOD is false. Blind faith and false religions will lead people to the fire of hell.
Whosoever trusts in GOD must believe in faith because faith is a concern of the creatures with GOD. And concern is shown with the obedience of GOD and the most obedient is most concerned with GOD and the most concerned with GOD is a direct slave or a servant of GOD.
Obedience of the servant according to the commandments of GOD cause peace and blessing of the GOD. Because it’s not the servant who is mercy full but GOD who gave the commandments which cause mercy. And a servant can never be equal to the master.
Prayer or worship is essential to strengthen the faith and religions are ways of doing so. Religion is required by the faith because religion teaches how to establish faith through acts according to the commandments of GOD to be a perfect slave of GOD our Lord.
Faith in GOD is a feeling concerning the link with GOD.
And religion is a way to express it by following the commandments of GOD through different norms as demanded in the revealed books which different nations follow as a word of GOD our Lord. A real believer believes in all the teachings of the messengers of GOD and follows what is required through acts for salvation.
Life is blessed as a time of prayer
Earth is blessed as a house of prayer.
And all are equal as you see, every one have two eyes, two hands etc. And GOD is Mercy full to all and is not GOD of a certain nation but belongs to every one equally. And those who seek Mercy of GOD through acts of obedience of the GOD our Lord are the best among all.