Do you need everything proven to believe it?

Question

Modern technology has caused us to think we're smarter than we are. In virtually every arena of life, we can now explain things that used to baffle our ancestors. So vast is our knowledge today that we tend to think nothing is valid until we can explain it. As a result, many people make the mistake of thinking they can't believe something unless they have all the facts and can explain how all the pieces fit together. But when it comes to matter of faith, that approach just doens't work. We may be smart, but there will always be things about life, death and heaven that we can't explain. And if we waited until we knew everything before we believed something, we'd never get anywhere. Fortunatley, Christianity is not based on a belief system anyway. It's based on an event that happened in history- Christ was crucified and raised Himself from the dead. We are surrounded by the unexplainable, yet confronted with the undenialbe.

Answer 1

You said that very well..My faith is knowing Jesus died for me and rose again.That one day He will come back for His Church.<><

Answer 2

Your question is itself based on beliefs rather than truth and knowledge and is therefore false:-

Christianity IS based on a belief system:-

+ You BELIEVE Christ was crucified - there are no first-hand accounts, no body to examine, no direct evidence

+ You BELIEVE Christ raised himself from the dead - there is no evidence for this except what has been written by people whose truthfulness and accuracy cannot be tested

+ You BELIEVE that what you are confronted with is the undeniable. What you have done with your beliefs is made the undeniable unexplainable - you have introduced mystery and uncertainty where none actually exists. There is no mystery in death... we die, we rot... the end. There is no mystery about heaven... it doesn't exist. Period.

We may not know everything but as usual religion attempts to cast a veil of mystery and uncertainty over perfectly ordinary and explainable events... if some of us are guilty of not being smart it's those who get taken in by all that hogwash.

Answer 3

Depends on what you mean by proof. I believe in the law of gravity. We have yet to discover the theoretical "graviton" but nobody questions gravity. I follow your logic until you begin to state conjecture and hearsay as fact -- I may believe you when you say Christ was crucified. Historic evidence shows that this was a popular method of execution employed by the Romans. Then without even skipping a beat you state as fact that he raised himself from the dead. Of course this is unexplainable, since nobody has ever done it. It is certainly deniable for the same reason -- nobody has ever done it.

As for being surrounded by the unexplainable, with all due respect, you besmirch the beauty and wonder and depth of our universe by pinning human traits and aspirations on the fathomless cosmos. It should occur to you that maybe existence isn't "about" humans, or "for" humans. A cat could make the same claim, but it's much smarter than we are in this regard.

Answer 4

Do I need everything proven to believe it?

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan.

He is correct. Otherwise why are Christians not convinced about the truth of Islam? Or the truth of Buddhism? Or Hinduism?

It's easy to make a question like yours but you deny doing exactly what you chide others for, yet you do it as well.

There are many things that humanity has yet to learn but so far what we know for certain is that everything that has been learned has an explanation that is verifiably in line with the natural laws of the universe. The claims of religion are nothing more than claims. They have no evidence and can never be proven that's why they must be taken on 'faith' alone. That in itself indicts it as a deception.

Answer 5

Christ was a historical character, one of many 'messiahs'
who were around at the time. Belief is what has made Christianity today, not historical facts, otherwise all Christians would give up their faith when they realise how many people throughout history have been murdered in the name of Christ. Pure belief/faith. Nothing to do with the facts.

Answer 6

No, if you believe in G-d, you accept the unexplained. If everything has to be seen or proven in some way then i don't feel that that persons faith is very strong. A lot has been/is proven all the time (at least for those of us who have a strong connection already with G-D).

Answer 7

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Answer 8

If it is proven ( I am assuming you do not mean in the testing sense), then I don't have to believe it, do I?

Believe in your faith if you want, but don't then try to prove it is actually a fact based science.

Answer 9

Faith is believing in things that are unseen. When "doubting" Thomas asked Jesus to allow him to touch the nail holes in his hands after His resurrection- what was Jesus' reply?- "Blessed are those who believe and have not seen." This is different than blind faith- We put our faith blindly in things that we shouldn't. Jesus exists, and I choose to have faith in Him,

Answer 10

No. half of the catholic religion, as me being a catholic, is about faith and believeing what you cannot see. Faith is why we believe Jesus was really the Messiah in the first place