2007-06-29 08:53:59 · 21 answers · asked by slopoke6968 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Blind faith tells me that you believe in something you can't see...
2007-06-29 08:58:20 · answer #1 · answered by Caleb's Mom 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
In one sense, we all operate every day on faith in many different areas of our lives. If you've ever eaten at a restaurant, accepted a doctor's prescription, or planned for the future, you have certainly been operating on a degree of "blind faith."
As C. S. Lewis said (see resource list), most of the things you believe are believed on authority or on secondary evidence. For example, you may never have actually seen a living dinosaur, but you are confident that dinosaurs once existed. We are confident that things like gravity and the laws of logic exist even though we cannot see them. Of course, experience and rational investigation should increase your confidence in what is true.
The issue is not faith. Everyone has a faith--atheist, agnostic, or Christian. The real issue is what is a worthy object of our faith. In this essay we will show that Christianity is reasonable and rational, that it is logically consistent, that it fits the evidence, and that it is relevant for modern man. And we hope to clear up a few common misconceptions about Christianity.
Christianity is not mere blind faith. As emphasized by theologian D. James Kennedy, the claim that belief in Christianity produces an irrational, uneducated, unintelligent, or unintellectual view of life is completely false. And the statement that unbelief produces a rational and intelligent and enlightened view of the universe is equally false.
Blind faith is faith without evidence, which would be superstition. The Bible does not call us to blind faith. The Bible calls us to faith in evidence. We submit that various truth claims, including Christianity, should be evaluated on the evidence.
Yes, there will always be a step of faith for the Christian. But that step doesn't require a person to leave his brains at the church door.
2007-06-29 16:05:57 · answer #2 · answered by mcmahon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith is also called a fruit of the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:22) . . . something God creates in a person. In another place "faith" is used quite differently as a gift of the Holy Spirit that is given to some but not to others (1 Cor. 12:8-9)
Could this be the reason you do not understand?
2007-06-29 16:12:53 · answer #3 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep that faith requires trust. What would be the point of having faith in anything: God, Country, parents, lover anything if it were not blind.
What would love be if it were not blind? Love-Faith go hand in hand.
If your lover leaves on a business trip do you have faith he will not cheat? If you do is that not blind? If you don't how is that love?
I have faith in my Lord and I am glad it is blind
2007-06-29 15:58:59 · answer #4 · answered by Thomas G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It tells me that some people think of faith as "blind." That doesn't make them correct. Faith does always require a step into the unknown, however.
Blessings.
2007-06-29 16:04:28 · answer #5 · answered by happygirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, since faith really isn't blind, I would assume it's just an expression and not a very good one. If I have faith that my Mom will come home from shopping, I have reason to believe that, I'm not merely "wishing" she will come home.
2007-06-29 15:58:30 · answer #6 · answered by kttybug 1 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Yes, its faith without question. We all practice blind faith without realizing it. We sit in our seats with blind faith that it will hold up, for example.
2007-06-29 15:58:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anna 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it tells me that whoever uses it is not reading the bible thoroughly. Nowhere in scripture does it say that Christians are to have blind faith.
2007-06-29 16:22:53 · answer #8 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it tells me that those who use the phrase have absolutely no understanding of the true nature of faith. They are blind to the fact no one can have faith in anything unless they have a measure of certainty to stand on. It is only a phrase used to insult and deride those who do not follow the current fad of "bashing religion."
2007-06-29 15:59:38 · answer #9 · answered by kaehya2003 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
yes
yet, faith for a Christian is not to be as "blind faith".
Romans 10:14 However, how will they call on him in whom they have not put faith? How, in turn, will they put faith in him of whom they have not heard? How, in turn, will they hear without someone to preach? 15 How, in turn, will they preach unless they have been sent forth? Just as it is written: “How comely are the feet of those who declare good news of good things!”
2007-06-29 15:57:20 · answer #10 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋