Does FAITH imply that you can NEVER really KNOW? Why, then, do some try to prove God's existence?

Question

Does the search for proof of God stem from doubt? From insecurity? From an assumption that science will eventually find God?

Are most believers unwilling to acknowledge the risk of faith?

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Answer 1

Im a believer... and I also know that faith doesnt even exist if there isnt any doubt. The fact the sun will set tonight, involves no faith at al because it is a sure thing. The Bible says "Faith is the substance of things HOPED for, the EVIDENCE of things unseen" Evidence is not proof, hope is not a sure thing. There has to be a possibility of something not happening, for you to have faith that it will. My mother exists, I have all the proof needed... I use no faith in believing she exists. I have FAITH that God exists because I have seen evidence, though not PROOF.

Answer 2

Faith implies that you can never be sure beyond a doubt. Remember that Thomas saw Jesus after he had died and rose again, and Thomas still didn't believe it was Him until he touched the marks left from the nails in Jesus' arms. We aren't quite as fortunate to have Jesus walking around among us in plain sight, so the rest depends on faith.

However, many faithful people are conviced that God is real, due to the "coincidents" that seem to good to be true. Those are often looked upon as acts of God, and therefore that is proof enough.

I think a lot more people try to prove God doesn't exist, rather than the opposite. If you could prove that God didn't exist beyond any doubt, then you know you don't have to live as God instructs because there is no hell, right?

People have proved that many portions of the Bible are correct, and so maybe that is what you consider proving God's existence. If everything else in the Bible is true, would that be proof that God exists?

And no, I don't think most believers are unwilling to acknowledge the risk of faith. But since they are believers, they see it being more risky not to believe. Afterall, having faith in something that didn't exist doesn't really hurt anybody, but wouldn't you be glad when you had faith in what does exist?

On another note, faith in God is not the only type of faith. Every "scientific fact" requires some amount of faith to believe. Remember that it was once accepted as truth that the world was flat, and it took someone with faith to believe that the world was actually round. Even now, we can see pictures and videos of the round Earth spinning, but we have to have faith that the astronauts and sources of suchs images truthfully got these from the Earth. Unless you have been up to space yourself, you can't guarentee that the Earth is actually round, you put your faith in the knowledge and images of others to believe that.

Answer 3

Christian faith entails belief in God's promises, care, and providence. Thus one must also believe that God exists, but that is never a point of issue in the Bible nor any major creeds of Christianity.

Proofs of God's existence stem from several sources, few of which are insecure Christians seeking reassurance. Some begin with Plato and Greek philosophy. Others, like Anselm's ontological argument, was a devotional meditation. Thomistic arguments come from natural theology, the desire to understand what can be known about God from nature alone.

Given that atheism has only been a serious intellectual position in the west for about 200 years at most, it is doubtful that any of these classic "proofs" would be used to mitigate the influence of non-belief. There simply wasn't any.

Answer 4

Faith is all about SAYING you believe in god and, maybe even, BELIEVING you believe in god, but unless you are mentally challenged you cannot ABSOLUTELY believe something for which there is no supporting evidence and which goes against the conclusions reached by a consensus of the most educated minds on the planet, so, yes, the search for proof of god is an attempt to dispel the subconscious doubts that almost all 'believers' must have.

Answer 5

FAITH does not imply that you can NEVER really KNOW, so your question makes no sense, Faith is to know, to always know, even if you can't see. You can see gravity but go jump from a 15 floor building and see if you live. The fact that you can't see it does mean it doesn't exist, and by the way ou need a proof not us we, we have Faith.

Does the search for proof of God stem from doubt? I agree with this question, but that is not my case, I believe and I don't need to look for proof, is in my heart.

Faith is something that you have or you don't, and those who have it can loose it. But with just a little Faith even a little boy/girl could think better than you. No offense, but you don't make to much sense to me.

Answer 6

I'm not sure what the risk of faith would be. If we truly live the way that most religions encourage, we're making this world better. Should we die and find… nothing, what was the harm done to anyone, ourselves included? Eventually we will find the answer because we all will die. Many of us see God working everyday. I struggle with some aspects of faith from time to time, but I need no further proof that God is real. My life has been changed. I continue to see the lives of others changed when they start to see the truth of our world.

Can you explain the risk?

Answer 7

That's the thing. I have talked to Christians about this. At least the ones I've spoken to believe their faith in God IS based on fact. They cite things like the Bible and the sun on our faces as evidence of this fact. When I say "Well that can be explained by other phenomena" they just say they choose to believe it's because of God. And round in another circle I go...

Answer 8

I have faith that I will see tomorrow come, I will know if that happens.

Honestly I don't think that the believers search for proof. I don't anyway. I don't think that science or anything other than Him appearing to the world will ever prove, or disprove, His existence.

I think most of us decide all things spiritual by what feels right for us. Many of us believers actually do think. We are not all brainwashed. LOL I know that you know that, I just had to get it in.

Answer 9

faith is not without risk. Peter walked on the water by faith, Abraham was prepared to offer his son as offering, by faith that it's the right thing(but God was only testing him). if you read the Bible, you'll come across this chapter of an old man who told Jesus "i believe, help me with my unbelief". having faith doesnt mean we're totally without doubts, we still have doubts at times, and that's when we cry out to the Lord for help, and He will definitely help.

Answer 10

It doesn't imply that, although it is true that you can't ever know. They try to prove it because they have trouble believing something on faith, just like atheists do. The only difference is that they refuse to go where the evidence leads them.