Knowledge is fact and evidence based. Faith is the belief without evidence. If one has knowledge about something, one cannot have faith in that same something.
Due certain god believers who claim knowledge then lack faith?
2007-09-09 12:32:46 · 13 answers · asked by CC 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Faith is only necessary when there is too little evidence for knowledge. Claiming to know something through faith is a contradiction of terms.
2007-09-09 12:43:55 · answer #1 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great question. Let's see if I can help you understand.
The more faith we have, the more God reveals to us, allowing us to have more knowledge. Once we understand a a particular issue, faith is no longer required. So faith moves us toward a deeper understanding of God. There is no conflict between faith and knowledge.
2007-09-09 12:55:14 · answer #2 · answered by High Flyer 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I use the word "faith" interchangably with the word "religion". I also use the term faith because what I see as proof, not everyone does. If they did, then the world would be packed with Heathen Reconstructionist. I also believe not everyone is MEANT to see that proof.
I don't CARE if anyone shares my beliefs. I suppose that's the difference.
2007-09-09 12:47:50 · answer #3 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people don't want to believe in God.
Some people do want to believe in God.
We all wager our lives on whether or not God exists.
The "great wager" is made by faith.
Blaise Pascal said, "Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false?...If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lost nothing."
Reasons People Don't Want to Believe in God:
1. Intellectual opposition:
a. not relevant to a modern world
b. wish fulfillment; not supported by facts
c. suffering seems incompatible with the idea of a loving God
d. Christianity is based on a series of unjustifiable, outdated, and incredible events that can no longer be taken seriously
2. Failure of Christians or Christianity
a. "all the hypocrites in the church"
b. the crusades, the Inquisition, modern televangelists, etc.
c. failure of Christians and/or the church to live up to expectations
3. Pride or inferiority
a. unwilling to believe or admit that they need God
b. sense of inadequacy and inferiority
4. Carnality
a. don't want to stop sinning
b. don't have to give up anything they currently have or are doing
Reasons People Do Want to Believe in God
1. To escape hell
a. to avoid punishment
b. fear of death and the afterlife
2. Hope of Heaven
a. they want Heaven
b. look forward to an eternity in the presence of God
c. eternity without pain, heartache, and tears of this life
3. Intuitive belief that there is a supreme creator
4. Purpose and meaning
a. if we are created and can know God, there is possibility for meaning
5. The credibility of the Bible
a. the Bible is remarkable
b. the Bible records prophecies, a plausible explanation for the world, and a keen understanding of the nature of humanity
c. when obeyed, we benefil
d. when violated, we suffer
e. compelling reason to believe in God
6. The life of Jesus
a. most important person ever to have lived
b. teachings are profound
c. life is exemplary
d. works remarkable
e. death and resurrection so unexplainable that many people believe in God because of Him
You might not realize that not to accept God is the same as rejecting Him, that you don't have the option of not wagering on God.
You might put off the wager, thinking you have plenty of time, and then run out of time.
You might lead others astray. Just because you're willing not to bet on God doesn't mean that you should encourage others not to bet on Him.
2007-09-09 13:49:54 · answer #4 · answered by D.A. S 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Is that true? Consider your own father, mother or any authority figure you know personally and trust. We'll say father, for now, just as an example.
Dad says, "Jump in!"
You reply, "But, the water is deep."
"I'll catch you."
"OK, well...I don't know - the water is deep."
"Trust me," he says, "I will catch you. I am your father and you can trust me."
"OK, here I come!"
You jump. He catches. You are safe.
You know your father.
You believed he would catch you.
Your faith was by jumping in.
You had no real evidence, just belief. Yet, you jumped.
What I believe remains in my head until I put sneakers on it and make it walk. What I believe is based on certain evidence, but I have no real evidence which causes me to "jump in", except track record or the word of someone I know I can trust.
2007-09-09 12:55:38 · answer #5 · answered by TroothBTold 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Faith is needed to deny all the new knowledge that keeps coming along, challenging the illogicality of religious beliefs.
2007-09-09 12:38:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Religion is an emotion. Evidence for it is not needed, and evidence against it is not appropriate.
For god believers faith and knowledge are all the same, for they can't separate them.
2007-09-09 12:40:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
We have the faith to know that God exists.
2007-09-09 13:43:26 · answer #8 · answered by kaz716 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Do you have faith in your mother if you needed her to lend you $50?
Why is it people without faith always think they understand more about faith than believers?
2007-09-09 12:41:08 · answer #9 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
faith is trusting. believing that god exists is of course a precondition to this, not faith itself.
2007-09-09 12:38:07 · answer #10 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋