christians is there any aspects of life other than god related issues that you believe on faith alone?

Question

as a basic eg.

if you dont understand the mechanics of a tv, do you just have faith that it does what it does, despite there being a logical scientific explanation

Answer 1

I am an atheist but interested to see the answers. They should be NO.

No to driving a car - reason and experience,
No to a plane - theory or relativity, engineering, experience etc
No to love, he says he loves me and I have faith even though he proves otherwise..............not they need proof like the rest of us.................except for the whole bible fairy tale thing

HEY NUTTY BANANA GUY-----------------WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MAKE OF A DURAN? ------

Answer 2

I probably would not understand the mechanics of a TV if they were told to me, but I know it works.

I do understand faith and having faith in the unseen.
I have a granddaughter that is 7 months old. I have never seen her...but she exist and I love her.

That baby may be have a scientific explanation but she is here by the grace of God. Not because of some scientist
beliefs.

Answer 3

Well, I actually understand how a television works and can describe it's operation down to the molecular level. But I have faith that a lot of other devices will be likely to work like a nuclear power plant where I only have a partial knowledge of all of the processes involved in it working.

But that faith is based upon facts and observation, just like my faith in God and the Bible has a large reservoir of factual basis and observation of how God works and changes lives like my own on a daily basis.

Answer 4

do not you recognize that they understand each and every thing! They have been particularly blessed with that present. (haha). One reaction grew to become into hilarious, approximately dropping time, money, etc believing once you would be able to desire to be helping others. What a humorous tale. If all atheists, non believers helped others then why is there plenty suffering in this international. (are not they 0.5 the inhabitants)? Atheists -non believers pick information, there isn't any information the two to diminish back us up OR to diminish back them up, yet how with regard to the actual incontrovertible fact that God gave them technological understanding and a ideas to apply. no person will ever understand the reality at the same time as on earth, whether they did get too close,think of: (tower of babble) . So why do maximum of pick to knock us down because of the fact we've self belief and have self belief? that's a sturdy ingredient to have self belief and have self belief. God gave unfastened will and not all anybody is sturdy. era. The sane and known will by no potential understand how somebody could desire to take an harmless existence not to point a baby yet yet that occurs each and every jiffy in each and every day. No distinction. we can by no potential understand their good judgment yet i understand that as God will constantly have his followers so will the devil. i've got self belief sorry for those misplaced souls.

Answer 5

as my faith is based on an encounter with god as an adult after a life of atheism (yes i used to be the one running christians into the ground) then I consider I cannot deny the existence of God as my existence was first based on something much more tangible and then my faith came after that. There are actually quite a few christians in my position, I think maybe for pig headed ex atheists like me, we needed a bit of an extra spiritual kick to start our christians lives!

Watch out, it could happen to you too!

Answer 6

I would say that my reliance on 'faith alone' in matters of religion is an exageration. I have opinions on religious doctrine - just opinions.

As for every day life, we all employ a certain amount of faith. I have faith that Wal Mart has the groceries I want when I go shopping.

Answer 7

How about this one... answer this and I will tell you:

I saw this in a pamplet... and it was cute and so true! It's by Ray Comfort.

"Billions of years ago, a big bang produced a large rock. As the rock cooled, sweet brown liquid formed on it's surface. As time passed, aluminum formed itself into a can, a lid, and a tab. Millions of years later, red and white paint fell from the sky and formed itself into the words "Coca Cola... 12 fluid ounces."

Of course my theory is an insult to your intellect, because you know that if the Coca Cola can is made, there must be a maker. If it is designed, there must be a designer. The alternative, that it happened by chance or accident is to move from the intellectual free zone.



Here is another:

"The Banana: The Atheist Nightmare"

Note that the banana...

1. is shaped for the human hand.

2. has a non-slip surface.

3. Has outward indicators of it's inward contents. Green - too early, yellow - just right, black - too late.

4. Has a tab for removal of it's wrapper.

5. Is perforated on wrapper.

6. Has a bio-degradable wrapper.

7. Is shaped for the human mouth.

8. Has a point at the top for ease of entry.

9. Is pleasing to the taste buds.

10. Is curved towards the face to make the eating process easy.

To write that the banana happened by accident is even more unintelligent than to write that no one designed the Coca Cola can.

Test 1.

The person who thinks the Coca Cola can has no designer is:

A. Intelligent

B. A fool

C. Has an ulterior motive for denying the obvious

Now the document that I am referring from states that the eye has 40,000,000 nerve endings and focuses it's muscles approximately 100,000 times a day. and that the eye has a retina that contains approximately 137,000,000 light sensitive cells.

The document continues and states that Charles Darwin stated:

"To suppose that the eye could have been formed by natural selection, seems I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree" Agreed... it does not have the reference recorded so I do not know if this statement is true or false. But let me get to the point at hand.

If man can not create the human eye then how can anyone in their right mind believe that it was created by chance? In fact... man can't create anything from nothing... we just do not know how to do it. We can re-create, reform, develop... but we can not create one grain of sand from nothing. Yet the human eye... is a mere tiny part of the most sophisticated part of creation - the human body.

Again... another statement which I would have to research and verify if this person actually made this comment:

"George Gallup; "If I could prove God statistically; take the human body alone; the chance that all the functions of the individual would just happen, is a statistical monstrosity."

Now this statement concerning Albert Einstein. This is confusing... why would this man contradict himself? If he stated this... then every other statement that has been quoted at this forum is invalid because the man appears to be speaking from both sides of his mouth. In this statement Einstein is quoted to have said:

"Everyone who is seriously interested in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe - a spirit vastly superior to man, and one in the face of our modest powers must feel humble."

Test 2:

1. Do you know any building that did not have a builder? Yes? No?

2. Do you know any painting that did not have a painter? Yes? No?

3. Do you know any car that did not have a maker? Yes? No?

If you answered "Yes" to any of those statements... please give details:______________________...



Third analogy:

Could I convince you that I dropped 50 oranges onto the ground and then by chance fell into ten rows of five oranges? Logically, anyone with an intelligent mind might conclude that someone put them there. The odds that ten oranges would fall into a straight line is mind boggling. Let alone ten rows of five.

Test 3

Yes or No 1. From the atom to the universe is there order?

Yes or No 2. Did it happen by accident or must there been an intelligent mind?

3. What are the odds of 50 oranges falling by chance into ten rows of five oranges? ______________________________...

To declare that there is no God is to make an absolute statement. And for an absolute statement to be true; one must have absolute knowledge. Here is another such statement: "There is no gold in China."

Test 4 What would I need to have for that statement to be true?

A. No knowledge of China?

B. Partial knowledge of China?

C. Absolute knowledge of China?

"C" is the correct answer. In order for the statement to be true, I must know that there is no gold in China.

Likewise; to state that there is no God and to be correct then you are stating that you are omniscient. You must have absolutely certain knowledge that there isn't one.

Let's say that a circle contains all the knowledge of the universe. And let's say that you have an incredible understanding of one percent of all that knowledge. Is it possible that the knowledge you haven't yet come across, that there might be ample evidence to prove that God does indeed exist?

If you are reasonable, you would have to admit, "Having the limited knowledge I have at present, I believe that there is no God." In other words, you don't know if God exists, so you are not an atheist. You are an "agnostic." You are like a person that looks at a building and doesn't seem to know if there is a builder.

Test 5 The man who sees a building and doesn't know if there is a builder is:

A. Intelligent

B. A fool

C. Has an ulterior motive

In summary: There are plenty of things that we have faith in that we do not fully understand. Most of us do not have a complete understanding that when you turned your computer on as to why it worked. You took a step of faith that turning it on... that somehow that it would work. You accept the unseen electrical waves that appear right in front of your eyes when you type your comments here. We do not see the reason for why the messages appear... because the powers that be are invisible to the naked eye. For them to be manifest, we need a monitor... so we can enjoy the experience of this forum.

God is not flesh and blood; He is an eternal Spirit. Immortal and invisible... like the computer waves. He can can not be experienced unless the monitor is turned on. One should approach the Bible in the same way as the monitor. If it works, enjoy it and if it doesn't, forget it.

Or do you have an ulterior motive? Could it be that the "atheist" can't find God... as a thief can't find the policeman? Could it be that your logic is clouding your good judgment?"

Answer 8

Technically, some of these might be "Trust" instead of "Faith," but....

Love.

Friendship.

Ethics.

Language. (Do you really know how it works? if you were to sit in on a college level linguistics class, would you be able to say "duh" the whole time?)

The belief that everything will work out.

For many people, the belief that prisoners extract appropriate justice when Child molesters (or any other criminal that you find loathsome) go to jail.

Just about any science, and the trustworthiness of the scientists. (Really, do you know what an atom looks like?)

Democracy.

I can't think of anything else.

Answer 9

Nah. I didn't worry about having faith that it would. But the store that sold it to me no doubt did. Besides, my receipt said "Thank you for your purchase!" It didn't say "Thank you for your faith in our products!" Faith wasn't a prerequisite for buying it-cash was. Try harder.

Answer 10

Science is no friend to faith--in fact scientific facts have been the downfall of many a religion.