if you people preach faith...why do you spout PROOF? has anyone read "the god questions?" it was pathetic...if you are going to talk about proof...talk about something better than the banana. seriously....
2007-06-20 10:09:23 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
From Doug Adams:
Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non -existence of God. The argument goes something like this:
"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves that you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. Q.E.D."
"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
2007-06-20 10:16:37 · answer #1 · answered by gromit801 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am living proof of faith. I am saved, bought by the Lord Jesus Christ by His perfect blood sacrifice. I believed that and I believe that. I have faith in God! I am living proof! I don't really understand what the banana has to do with anything, but God Bless You! Hope you will have faith and get some proof! Jesus Love You!
2007-06-20 17:15:12 · answer #2 · answered by emison21754 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
Christianity is not based on a blind leap of faith.
Christianity is based on facts which happened in the past.
Christian faith today is believing that God will do in the future, what he said he will do, based on the facts of what God did in the past.
Such as raising Jesus back to life and all the other things recorded in the Scriptures.
I have faith my car will start because since I've owned it:
a. I've maintained it and its relatively new with low miles. Its not even time to give it its first tune up yet.
b. Its always started in the past, except for when my battery died and when my alternator died, which ran down the battery
c. So I have faith my car will start, but one of these days my battery will once again, need to be replaced. And on that day, my car won't start.
d. My faith that my car will start in the future is based on the facts of what has occured in the past.
e. If it was January and if I was in Chicago, and it got really cold over night, I would not have as much faith that my car would start, since it takes much more battery power to start a car when its 15 below zero than when its 86 degrees out like it is right now.
Pastor Art
2007-06-20 17:19:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Bible speaks faith, organized religion speaks proof. Get your facts straight, honey. What religion are you? Do you know about the protestant reformation? I'm a Roman Catholic, and originally that and Orthodox Christianity were the only kinds, but organized religion got corrupted and some Catholics started a reform that branched Christianity into what it is today.
It is a blind stereotype to say that all Christians "talk about the banana." That's like saying all Jews are cheap; it's a stupid untrue stereotype.
2007-06-20 17:15:49 · answer #4 · answered by theartist formerly known as lulz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seeking proof is the opposite of faith. If you look for a sign or require proof, then you are not showing much faith. If proof is presented to you, it is reassurance of what is real, not a lack of faith.
2007-06-20 17:13:03 · answer #5 · answered by James W. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Faith is not about proof, it is about belief. Belief is evidence of the unseen facts. Facts are proof. You can not have facts without qualification so therefore the two are the complete opposite of one another.
2007-06-20 17:18:03 · answer #6 · answered by Rothwyn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because deep down they know Proof > Faith.
2007-06-20 17:14:31 · answer #7 · answered by SwimBuddy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't say proof. Faith is believing without proof.
2007-06-20 17:17:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
since i am on the r&s section i often see how things are divided into two parts. it is either this and if not then it is the other part. i guess this is done for making the world more understandable.
proof doesnt have an opposite.
just as for instance water doesnt have an opposite.
same holds for faith.
2007-06-20 17:22:14 · answer #9 · answered by gjmb1960 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, fear is the opposite of faith, but I see your point. Faith does not require proof & proof does not require faith.
2007-06-20 17:25:10 · answer #10 · answered by wanda3s48 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋