Christians, would you be nothing without your faith?

Question

On my earlier question regarding how faith is useful in your everyday lives, some of you said that you cannot imagine trying to live without faith in God, or that your life would be nothing without your faith.

If you would agree, can you give me some specific examples of how your life would change negatively if you did not have faith in God?

If most of the answerers to this question agree that their lives would be nothing without faith, does this prove the claim made by some atheists that most believers are weak, or need that "crutch" in order to live happily?

I submit my question to everyone respectfully.

Answer 1

People say that true freedom comes when one is faithless. I have to disagree, believing and faith are two very different things. I believe that team A lost to team B because I saw it on the news. I wasn't present at the event, I am sure that it happened because I trust that the news got it right and therefore I believe. But faith comes from love, it is that ultimate belief in something, without being seen that starts with Love and blossoms from belief into faith. That is where I am at now, would I give up the freedom to accept Love, Hope, Charity, Kindness, I am afraid not.
Therefore life would be meaningless without faith, to have faith is to experience unlimited love, forgiveness and accepting it as such.
Have a great and blessed day.

Answer 2

No, I wouldn't be nothing. I'd still try to be the best wife, mother, friend, the best PERSON I could be. After all, I wasn't so terrible before I became a Christian. A little angrier, maybe, but not a bad person.

Even if somehow, some way, it was proven this very day that God does not exist and that Christ was just a man, I still wouldn't change the way I live my life. I've found more than spiritual happiness by learning to love others, I've found a better way of dealing with the hardships that are sometimes an inevitable result of interacting with people. I've found a better way to deal with my anger, and I've learned how to not let the actions of others control me. I've learned to focus more on what's important, and not get caught up in the little things.

So even if my faith were taken away in a heartbeat, it still wouldn't change the positive things that its already done in my life. All that wouldn't unravel overnight.

Answer 3

Life is about having a loving relationship with the God who created you. Faith is believe he exists even when I have not seen Him.

I could never be nothing without my faith, because God would always love me and I would always mean the world to Him. My life would be very hopeless though, because without God there is not security and nothing to look to.

I would say it would be a "crutch" to not know God, because then life would be very hopeless -- what would there be to hope in? And if things went wrong, that would be it. There would be nothing more. If you made a mistake in your life, that would be it, the short life you had is ruined, you blew it. Your one chance.

It's not a religion. It's God; a relationship with God. It doesn't make sense to say "without your faith....this or that", because there is no "without my faith". That is like saying, "without your brain your life would be nothing, so does that prove the claim that having a brain is a crutch, since you need it in order to live happily?"

Answer 4

God has a standard which does not accommodate the law of relativity you are talking about. The question is whether a person has faith in God and what He has done for him. His being truthful about his position is redundant in any other case. God sees the heart and doesn't care about appearences. You can be most unconventional and still have faith in God. Nobody may see it but He does. Thats what matters.

Answer 5

Saying you are nothing without your faith is a little too spiritual of a statement for someone not walking in that themselves. The truth is many of us were very STRONG very independent people before we made that choice to give our lives to Christ, I know I was. We use terms like "broken" because when we have gone our own way and God breaks us down to where we actually do need him we consider that to be a favor from him. For instance, Paul before he was converted was struck with blindness. He was a mighty Pharisee, zealous, successful, applauded by men before his conversion. He said he considers it all rubbish to gain Christ. In other words "don't feel sorry for me, I am better off now". We recognize that who we were is "nothing" compared to the glory of Christ in us but that does not mean we were nothing in the eyes of the world before Our Conversion. I point to a young Christian Artist, Jeremy Camp for an example. He was a football star and hero, gave his life to Christ. His young love (girlfriend) died and he chose to worship and stick with God IN SPITE of his pain. The guy makes some CD's that are just awesome and I can feel the presence of God when I listen to them. Namely the CD called "stay" which was written out of his pain while he was in the midst of surrendering his pain to God. but this guy is no weakling. He simply surrendered his life to Christ and God is using him mightily. He probably would say "I'm nothing without my faith" meaning, My old life was nothing compared to what I am experiencing now".

Answer 6

Well for one,

Without faith, I would be miserable. I would not be pleasing God.....and I would have nothing to look forward to.

Faith is believing in what we cannot see.......even though He's there all the time.

And I'm so glad that He has empowered me to believe by faith. Becuase no one has the ability to have faith in God without first being empowered to do so by the Holy Spirit

Answer 7

Luke 18:8 "I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Vs.9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:"

This is really a good parable here.It would be worth your time to get your Bible and read it.

Answer 8

I was born catholic but never really believed or cared about it. My family was not really practicing any sort of religion. Essentially I was agnostic, borderline atheist. Disillusioned. Stagnant. God meant nothing to me in any way. If God was there, maybe, it was in some remote part of existence I guessed. Far away. A senile, passive, happy God, that didnt' really care. Ready to accept me into heaven if I ever died because no one ever really did anything wrong (my thinking would change drastically about these things). I never really cared either way.

I distinctly remember: I was a Sophomore in high school. I was going through a really hard time in my life where I was suicidal and feeling utterly alone, most likely clinically depressed amongst many other things. I was in a black pit. And all of my life seemed to progressively get worse up until that point in time. I was hopeless. One night, I opened this book of Christian (catholic) prayers and meditations. It talked about the unconditional love of God about hope, happiness, peace, meaning, truth, change. These things were foreign to me, but I knew that I wanted them, that they were like air. That these were the things that made life worth living. It was just what I needed to hear at that time. I shudder to think what may have become of me had this event not occurred. It was a moment of fate perhaps, a moment of grace...a mysterious moment, that changed me completely, irrevocably, forever. I opened my heart and mind to believe it was all true. That this Jesus and this God were true and real. I prayed. I cried. I hoped.

Before I knew it, I was changing, everything changed, my perspective, my attitude...I literally felt like a whole new person. I felt joy and peace like I had NEVER, ever known before. But, it wasn't even so much a feeling. It was a sense of something more unexplainable, inexplicable a sense of being "right" that all things were well. And also, a sense of a Person. My bitterness, antagonism, negativity and selfishness slowly seemed to melt away. Even my friends and family saw I was different. I was Beginning to believe and see that there was something to this Jesus, whom I had never really seen or esteemed before. I would read the bible and things would present themselves to me with the distinct tone of the truth. I was awed, I would even tremble as I read it. I would be so touched that I would cry. Even writing this, I cry a bit.

Like a flash of lightning, nothing ever seemed as true as this. I say this with certainty: it was NOT because I wanted it to be true, I was not projecting. It was true and I wanted it because I knew it was the truth. It was like being in a dark room forever and then, you one day find that there is daylight and a world so indescribably beautiful, you cannot help but want it because you know you were made for it. As though you had eaten dirt all of your life and suddenly discovered there was a plethora of food choices out there. Or, like you were a fish that one day discovered the sea. It was natural in that sense, true in that sense.

I had never felt so loved before. I had never wanted to love and do good like that before. I felt that if anyone could understand Christianity, that the world could be different. I understood the love of the apostles, the saints. It all just seemed to make sense to me.

I've been through a lot since then. Ups and downs, doubts and fears. I've always held onto God. When you first convert, its very emotional and very life changing and full of passion! This seems to fade a bit. I think God begins to teach us not to rely on emotion so much. As I said, its not pure emotion in the least but your emotions cannot but partake in this conversion experience.

It touches you in the deepest part of your soul. Your intellect, emotion, will. Everything you are seems to change. I cannot even put into words what Jesus has meant or done for me.

Oh, and I'm catholic.

Answer 9

Without faith (in God) presently I would be reduced to believing in a false god (man;self).

Answer 10

I remember feeling that way when I first started doubting my faith. I felt guilty, I felt like crap, I felt like if I realized that god didn't exist, I'd lose my whole purpose for living. I was afraid that not believing in god would make me turn into this horrible person.

But, I promise everyone, that there is life after faith ... and it can be just as rewarding, and much more liberating.