TRUE or FALSE: "Faith is only as good as the object in which that faith is placed"?

Question

And explain your answer, if you are so inclined.

Is it the same as saying "A bet is only as good as the object on which you're betting"?

Answer 1

Yes! That is why my my faith in a "perfect" being is "as good" as it gets...

Answer 2

I have faith that you've made a good bet here...

I can't argue with the logic supporting either of these statements. Can anyone?

Edit: Apparently there are several people who "can offer an argument..." they, however, are as incorrect as incorrect can be.

To those who have made mention of the bible, god, jesus or some other supernatural belief: You can spend all the faith in the world on a thing which is untrue and yet it will remain just as untrue. Faith is not a magic word that forces change upon anything; it creates no reality where none has existed before. Faith is merely a word meaning "trust" and trust has no power of invention.

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Answer 3

I think it's false.

I have seen many instances where people who act upon faith, whether it be in some deity, higher power, loyalty to a spouse, love for a child, or even loyalty to a country have done amazing, incredibly, beautiful things, even though the object of their faith is not something I would support, or who may not be worthy of the faith and loyalty that others have put into it.

So it can easily happen that the faith is much a stronger force for good and hope than the object that faith is placed in.

Answer 4

I have faith in my ability to steer my car so that I miss other people and cars although I realise that sometimes shït happens and no matter how hard I try something could happen to bring me undone like a puncture in the front right (I'm in Oz) but even then my abilities should save me.

So it's true. "Faith is only as good as the object in which that faith is placed"

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I forgot to mention I don't have faith in delusions and other imaginary entities.
I get ‘saved’ by my efforts and not those of a ‘supreme being’ in whom I don’t believe.

Answer 5

I say false. Even if I have no faith, if there's a God, then there is a God. I can have all the faith in the world that the earth is really flat and I've been lied to, I'm just the only sucker that believed the lies. That doesn't mean that it is!
Peace

Answer 6

Faith should come after a prolonged study and analysis. If you believe in something and in case of doubt, you create logics that satisfies you, and it continues. Actually what happens is the dilution of your faith. You do not have the courage to test and reconfirm your faith. You are compelled to follow the first goat.

Answer 7

False....Faith..."True Faith" Knows something.....you maybe can't see it right now, or can't touch it, but you definately Know It...faith is not some "wish in one hand, crap in the other, and see which one gets full first...." faith is not "wishful thinking either" it Not "name it and claim it, or blab it and grab it," you can't chalk up "brownie points " to aquire more of it.. Ignorance is the prime enemy of "True Faith" and it's a power, not an object or a thing, everybody has it...very few know how to "use it" this is what raises all the questions about faith...lol...

Answer 8

Faith is an object to gain power by using your fellow believers to attack and intimidate everyone else or to make a lot of money like televangelists.

Answer 9

On a technicality, I would say False. Faith, in of itself, is not a bad thing. It is simply the state of having confidence in something. It is, however, possible to exercise faith incorrectly.

True faith is based on knowledge. According to Heb 11:1, "Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld."

If you've done your research, and all evidence points to something you can't see, is it unreasonable to have faith that something is actually there?

Answer 10

There's validity in that statement. I can put faith in a tree that I worship to come help me when I am in distress--but nothing will come of it. However, if I put my faith in a Living God, and He answers, then you have something.

"Faith is the substance of things hoped for."
OK, materialists, what is a substance? It is something you can physically hold--it is a reality. The word "hope" is not "I hope my car won't run out of gas." but rather, in the Greek, it means, "I'm running out of gas, but there is a gas station--I now have hope." So faith is the reality of that which gives salvation.

"The evidence of things not seen."
Do you believe in atoms? Have you seen atoms? Why do you believe there are atoms? Because you have evidence. Evidence of things not seen. That doesn't make you a moron. That makes you a chemist and a physicist.

You used faith to sit in your chair at the computer. You trusted that the engineers were smart enough to use the right design and material to comfortably hold your weight in a sitting position. Faith is not believing that imaginary elves made the chair, and because I have never seen them, yet believe, it must be true. Faith is trust in One Who has proven His existence. Faith is deciding to believe the evidence rather than shut your eyes to what the evidence proves.
http://schnebin.blogspot.com/2007/04/proof-of-god.html

If you are dead-set on not believing God exists, then God will reinforce your disbelief--after all, that is what you want. Like Pharaoh, if you continue to harden your own heart, God will then "seal the deal" so that you will not be able to see the evidence that is so clearly before you. It all depends on what your free will desires. Eternal life, or your own way--and take your chances afterward. On the other hand, if you do want to know God, then seek Him, and ask Him to help you to believe with 100% assurance. God will reward your diligence in ways you will never imagine. I have faith that He will.

Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Answer 11

False, put you faith in objects pagan I'll keep my Savior instead.