By blind faith, what does it mean? The blindness here spoken of has to do with not seeing not, not thinking.?

Question

The meaning for this term is that you may have confidence in something, not without reason, that is not what it means, but without seeing,perhaps ever or having once seen ,not seeing continuoulsy in order to bolster your faith.
For instance your mother can go away from you but you have faith she is not dead, because of reasons that support you in that conviction. If someone were to come to you constantly saying how do you know your mother is not dead she hasn't called in the past 5 minutes,so it is you could thinkof some rational arguments why not
Now who has a better argument or the one who says that you donot know your mother is alive or the on ewho is confident his mother is alive? Whose argument and belief is more reasonable?
One is supported by reason and experience that rests in belief, the other is so called logical in the extreme and paranoid?
Which represents the believer in Christ and which represents the atheist or skeptic?and who is being more real andwho is most
right

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The reason you believe your mother alive is not because you see her or saw her alive, but based soley upon logic drawing rational conclusions. reason can draw these conclusions totally apart from having seen your mother, because having seen her before does not preclude her being in a accident or being killed.The reason you don't think she is , is not because you saw her but because accidents don't happen that often.

J I totally disagree with that,you are way off wrong.Blindness has to do with sight issues, the term first of all is not biblical let us get that straight. The bible does not say unthinking faith you must have, that is stupid, and even the term blind faith doesn't mean that, it means what the words mean.Blind is an issue of not having sight, and that only, not not thinking.Jesus said blessed are they who have not seen and yet believe. He did not say something so stupid as blessed are they who have not thought and yet believed. You need to study language better. The term has come to mean ignorance but that is from misuse and abuse, in order to slur people of faith who have traditionally been the smartest people on earth.All the ealry philosophers of renwon were theists, this modern pride all comes from the industrial revolution which gave unlearned men the confidence to attack believers because they felt that their inventions can argue for them better than philosophical thought.

Answer 1

not seeing, you dont see god like you would see a person but you believe anyway....

Answer 2

the difference is that you have seen and know your mother in the flesh. you know that she is a real person because you have laid eyes on her, touched her, and felt her touch you. There is nothing imaginary about her. You know her to be alive.

On the other hand, you have read about Jesus. You have never actually seen him except through images or sketches of what he may or may not have looked like. You have never with your own eyes seen him. He has never physically touched you. You have never physically touched him. You don't know without a doubt that he is alive (he ain't in this physical life) All your history and stories can convince you that he lived but you still never saw him in the flesh.

To believe that your mother is alive is not blind faith, you know she is unless someone tells you otherwise. To believe that Jesus is alive, invisible and here today is blind faith. You can't prove it.

Answer 3

When you can not observe something, you are blind.

Blind faith isn't about thinking, it is about believing when the thought process no works.

You hear the prophets talk about a God who existed before He created everything you can observe. There is the observable world and there is some thing else.

It is this something else that you are blind to, and it requires faith to believe it. The atheist (without God) believes otherwise.

What you believe is yours. Are you willing to do so on blind faith?

Answer 4

In Logic, there is no way to prove the existence, or non-existence of Deity.

It all boils down to a matter of Faith, Blind Faith.

Faith and belief without any shred of proof or evidence. The Believers can't bring in any scientific evidence to prove the existence of Deity. The Atheists can't bring in any solid evidence to disprove Deity, and Logically, lack of evidence for existence of something, is NOT proof of non-existence.

It all comes down to a matter of opinion, and Blind Faith.

Answer 5

If I see a car coming, my instinct tells me to get out of the way. I don't pause and go wait, that might hurt, or hmm what is the precise calculation that he will actually hit me at this precise loaction. No, I get out of the way. It's the same with God. I don't stare obliviously pondering questions of His existence. Instinct tells me He is there and I better move. Is that what you were getting at?

Answer 6

Actually, I'd interpret the saying to mean without proof or observation of a solid reason to believe.

As for your mother example, you have first observed your mother to be alive. Thus, until you have proof otherwise, you have no reason to believe she is not alive. This argument supports the atheist view that we have not observed a God. Thus, until we have proof otherwise, we have no reason to believe he exists.

Answer 7

This is the most amazing combination of linguistics and philosophy I've seen in a very long time.