do you know that EVERYONE HUMAN BEING HAS FAITH?

Question

when you buy coca cola from a vending machine, the minute you put a coin, you have faith that coca cola, not sprite will come tumbling down.

you have faith in the Sun, that it will show up every morning, without question. i mean you don't go around asking, "is the Sun gonna rise today?" right?

you have faith that when you are driving. you look at the traffic lights, and if it green, you go. you don't come out of your car and see if there are any cars coming through from your left or right in a T-JUnction.

you have faith in a product a company etc.

so why is faith in God so difficult for some?

all of you have faith! you have faith in your answers! in your own explanations, that you read somewhere. cool.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Because there is no understanding of what belief is or what faith is. And because many reject God in their heart.

What you have described, for example, is not faith. What you have defined very clearly is belief and as you note everybody operates on belief.

Think about this. One cannot find a clear definition of belief and faith in Webster's. In Scripture faith and belief are given as two different ideas; but from time to time the words seem to be used as synonyms and can only be separated by context. Again there are some times when the words are synonyms and you must know by experience which concept is being presented or if both are being presented.

This crossover between the two words in the Scripture, and also the dictionary definitions from common usage, is further confused by the fact that these concepts are internalized differently by different people. One must define the words and then identify their function inside themselves. If you have the wrong definition; you will probably make the wrong identification of faith and belief as they take place wihin you.

In simple terms, faith is a function of the heart while belief is a primary function of thought. Faith is closer to intuition than it is to logic. Nevertheless faith cannot operate without a concept and a concept must come by belief.

Not every human being has faith or sufficient faith to "have faith in God." So faith in God is not easy for many and, if one has rejected God in their heart, they are also cut off from belief regarding any concept of God.
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Belief is going to a bus stop expecting that a bus will arrive and arrive on time. If you didn't believe you would not go to the bus stop.

Faith is going to a corner where there is no bus stop and the bus arrives.

In each case above, hope is involved. True faith however is joined to bring hope into reality. As such it is a creative force and in many cases not only a human ability but a gift from God. Something far beyond belief.

Answer 3

Faith is not just a belief. Faith is an action. Faith is when you beleive in something that is true and you act on that belief. Faith cannot be based on previous knowledge though, because faith is not to have a perfect knowledge. All people posses faith to some degree. Our faith is strengthened by the things we see accomplished through it. The first time you took a step you had faith that you would be able to walk. When it worked your faith was increased. You no longer needed faith to walk, but you became able to have faith in a greater task.

Answer 4

I don't think what you are describing as faith is construed as such by most people, it's what I would call "expectation". You expect a certain product to drop from the vending machine because you trust that modern machinery works as it should, and because it always has worked that way.

The reason some people have trouble having faith in God is because it is not something people can prove and/or see. That's why it's called "Faith", because you cannot prove it but you chose to believe it anyway.

Answer 5

Well, Coke can be Sprite if the fellow put it wrongly into the vending machine.

Sun will not rise tomorrow if you are in north pole.

Drive through the green light might also get you into accident.

So if you believe in God... Oh, I don't wanna think about that...

Answer 6

this isn't faith and it's a silly analogy. it's called likelihood. it's likely that you 'll get the coke unless the machine is broken, it's likely that no cars will be coming because people learn to drive and understand the traffic lights. faith doesn't come into it, it's expected because the majority of times, this is what happens and it's what's supposed to happen. god isn't likely.

Answer 7

Thank you for posting a logical fallacy, showing how illogical religious belief is.

The specific logical fallacy you posted is:

Equivocation.

“You know sometimes words have two meanings,” as the song goes. [77] Equivocation occurs when a person changes the meaning of a word during the course of the discussion. This is commonly done with religious terms.

Theist: “I have faith in the lord Jesus Christ, and because I have this faith he will take me to Heaven when I die.”
Atheist: I do not have such faith, and don’t even understand the concept. Can you give me a reason [78] for your faith?”
Theist: “Of course you have faith. You have faith that this building we’re in will not fall down on you. You have faith that your spouse is not cheating on you. Why, you even have faith in evolution!”

The theist (aside from dodging the question) is trying to convince the atheist that “faith” is nothing unusual, that even atheists have faith. However, according to mainstream Christian teaching, the “faith unto salvation” that one has in Jesus is entirely different than simply trusting a situation or a person, or believing that a certain event occurred in history.

Another classic example of equivocation is when God (allegedly) told Adam and Eve, “in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” (Genesis 2:17). Because (according to the story) Adam and Eve lived many hundreds of years after they ate, it became necessary for Christian apologists to change the meaning of the word die from the obvious meaning, and give it a new meaning, unique to Christian apologetics! Stuff like this happens when you are called to defend a presupposition such as the notion of biblical inerrancy.

Answer 8

every example of faith you have described involves an expectancy based on what someone has readily SEEN and EXPERIENCED.

this is why faith in God is hard to come by for some.

(i am a believer)

Answer 9

category (a) containing almost everything on this planet and in this natural universe. Your coke, sun, traffic lights, products, companies are in this category.

category (b) containing supernatural beings such as god.

See the difference?

Answer 10

Because the vending machine is right there and I can get my money back if I get the wrong thing.

Stupid analogy.