In other words, do true believers truly rest there beliefs o nothing but faith, or do they point to evidence that no believers consider to be inconclusive?
Which do you think is more common?
2007-08-18 07:47:05 · 4 answers · asked by Don't Fear the Reaper 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i've been getting fewer and fewer responses lately, either my questions are getting too tough or too confusing, but I am trying be creative and not ask the same old things everyone has asked a million times.
2007-08-18 07:58:32 · update #1
'Proof' is foreign to believers. Belief MEANS acceptance without proof.
Only when challenged do believers mention proof. And they then pull out the bible, the thing being accepted, AS proof! This is a circular reference, and not acceptable in any logic discipline so far developed on the planet.
In other words, the source of the belief data is also used as the 'proof' of it. That's not 'controversial' it's just nonexistent.
2007-08-18 08:01:18 · answer #1 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Where is the "without proof" justification element of my belief?
Did Christ, who was God in the flesh, exist or not? My research over twenty long years and that of people a hell of alot more qualified than me, and on both sides of the aisle, say there is more than ample proof that He did. Therefore, just exactly what does "acceptance without proof" mean? What should it mean to me, a believer? My belief was justified a long time ago. As for faith, if there was a cure for cancer, would you ever be worried about having cancer? No. But there isn't. The point is, as far as faith goes, why would I hope for that which I can see? If it's already there, why have faith concerning it? When you were a little boy, and your mom and dad went to the store or out for the weekend and left you with the babysitter, chances are you threw a big fuss about it, although they assured you, "We;ll be back. Don't worry." You held them to that, didn't you? And the whole time they were gone, you held on to their promise they'd come back, and that "faith" sustained you in their absence, yes?
2007-08-18 15:02:00 · answer #2 · answered by RIFF 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This has nothing to do with Chuck Norris... people like answering Q's about Mr. Norris, they don't like answering Q's that require thought.
2007-08-18 17:11:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Acceptance Without Proof", since there is NO proof, "controversial" or otherwise.
2007-08-18 14:54:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋