I have faith that the sun will rise tomorrow, but why should my conclusion be that there is a supreme creator?

Question

Accepting Jesus is a matter of faith...humans have the ability to reason, thus the first thing we do with it is return it to religion and have faith and stop thinking for ourselves?? sheesh....sounds very illogical to this human....make good use of your time on earth...but think and ask for evidence...most people are too emotionally frail and guilt-ridden to stand up with a rigid backbone...if your life is so pathetic and you cant think or stand on your 2 feet by yourself...then you need a crutch...then accept faith and Jesus into your heart...but please dont confuse science with religion

Answer 1

Faith that the sun will rise is different from religious faith.

Answer 2

You shouldn't. Belief that the Sun will rise tomorrow is based mostly on evidence. Not much faith is required.

For example:
1) We have evidence how celestial bodies move about each other.
2) We have evidence of how big the Sun and Earth are and what it would take to move them so that the Sun doesn't rise.
3) We have evidence that there is nothing in the area that would cause the Sun to not rise.
4) We have evidence that the Sun has a history of rising consistently over the last few billion years.
And there is other evidence that contributes to the belief that the Sun will rise tomorrow. Of course, there is a chance that something we don't know about will cause the Sun to not rise, but given current evidence, that chance is negligible.

On the other hand, we have very little knowledge about the life of Jesus. What is written about him was written decades after his death, if he existed at all. There is no real evidence of any gods anywhere.

Answer 3

I have a backbone and use it daily.

I do not confuse science and religion, if for no other reason than that I can read, and own several dictionaries, and have been able to understand the definitions of those words, therefore have never confused the two.

My ability to reason is why I know that my faith is not misplaced. I understand the pros of continuing in my faith versus the cons of life without God.

I had a happy childhood; have always been well-adjusted; received excellent grades in school, and graduated at 17. I was offered an opportunity to graduate a year earlier, but decided to stay with my friends. I was number two in my high school class in my junior year, number 10 in my senior year. I graduated with straight A's. I was accepted at every college I applied to, and Yale came to me, not the other way around.

Because I was taken to church from infancy, I did not gravitate to faith in Christ because of my pathetic life. I did not retain said faith because I had a pathetic life. Because I can think for myself I continue in my faith. I have often had a problem with bandwagon mentality: I am not a sheep, or a lemming, so I do what suits me, my plans and my goals. Life in Christ suits me.

I have never been emotionally frail a day in my life. If I have ever had problems--emotional or otherwise---I know what I did to get into them, and know the actions I must take to get out of them. I enjoy sweets. Even though I eat too much sugar, I wear a size 2. My weight runs between 95-98 pounds. I can still fit my favorite jeans I wore in high school.

I continue in my faith because God has demonstrated daily the benefits of doing things his way. His blessings are real, and even though I may not always follow his instructions to the letter (that backbone I mentioned), he forgives me and blesses me despite whatever headstrong activity I get into (love to shop).

I don't need a crutch. If I did, there are crutches that many would not give anyone such a hard time over: drugs and alcohol are two major ones. I could spend my days blitzed out of my mind to avoid dealing with reality. Since it makes no sense to avoid reality, I can't see the sense in it. Even though a person may be elsewhere mentally, reality still exists, and will be there when that person 's head clears.

So with my 2 feet firmly under me, I support my decision: my source of strength, my source of hope is Christ alone.

Answer 4

Basically, you can choose to believe in whatever you want to believe in. Just as Christians can believe in whatever they want to believe in. Isn't it nice to live in a world without thought police?

Answer 5

We should all go by what makes sense to each of us.