Do you have to have faith in faith?

Question

Does it require faith to believe that faith is a valid method of attaining knowledge?

Or can the value of faith be rationally demonstrated?

Answer 1

It is faith in God it is not faith in the power of faith.

It is by faith we are saved that faith being faith in God.

Faith is not a magical power it is through our faith in God that we receve his blessings.

Answer 2

I think it does require faith to believe that faith is a valid method of attaining knowledge. But the faith you have IN faith comes from the same source the faith itself comes from. And where do they both come from? A desire to believe that what you have faith in is true.

Having faith also requires having faith in people, considering people are who wrote all the texts, did all the preaching, etc. This is problematic for me since people are inherently self-serving.

Answer 3

During 1800s, Anthropologists had a problem as to
how to classify human beings. One researcher
proposed the expression "intelligent animal".
After advanced studies on monkeys, it was dropped.
Another researcher proposed "tool using animal".
After observing some animals making wooden tools
and sharpening them with knife like stones, it was
dropped. Another researcher proposed "weapon using
animal". A decade ago, a rare film was shot by an
amateur in an African forest. One short monkey was
hit very badly by a big monkey. The short monkey
prepared a wooden knife using stones and hid it on
the top of a tree. After some days, when the big
monkey came to attack the short monkey, it ran up
to the tree for the weapon it has hid and killed
the big monkey. The one thing that the
anthropologists found with any group of human
beings, even if they did not have contacts with
the out side world for thousands of years, has
spirituality with some form of religion. So, man
is a "spiritual animal" if you want to call him
that way.

The Upanishads say that "Manush" (human) was so
named because he has "Manas" a mind higher than
that of the animals which realizes the divinity in
creation. It was present since the creation of
human beings. Religion is the characteristic
feature of most of the human beings. It was not
attained through reasoning using mind. Illiterate
tribes located in inaccessible forests also have
religion. It is as eternal and and as unchanging
as the Almighty. Disbelief by a few will not
affect it.

"The percentage of atheists in the world is less
than 5%"

http://www.positiveatheism.org/india/s1990c48a.htm

"Atheists are all scientists" ?

http://www.non-religious.com/statistics.html

Religion is not a blind following. It is a sub-consciously driven
group ritual. It calms the 'collective unconscious' mind. The
religious culture brings unity and belongedness among the followers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_unconscious

" Are Atheists More Depressed than Religious People?

In recent years, the view that religious belief and
participation in religious acts of worship has a positive
effect upon the well-being of man..."

http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php

"Is a Belief in God Beneficial? Or, What's an Atheist to Do?

1) Religious attendance is correlated with longevity.
2) Religious belief has been associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms.
3) Religious beliefs may help with addiction.
4) Religious attendance is correlated with lower blood pressure.

http://jewishatheist.blogspot.com/2006/01/is-belief-in-god-beneficial-or-whats.html

Answer 4

Oh hon, you have it all wrong, you have to have faith like a child, having faith is being sure that you have it before you do. You can have whatsoever you say. Whatsoever you ask in the name of Jesus it will be given unto you. DOn't try to muck it all up with reasoning and worrying. Jesus said, "Only Believe." DOn't doubt because doubt and worry cancel out your prayers.

Answer 5

Faith opens us to a higher power that knows all things and can help us in so many ways.i have seen supernatural miracles happen because of this Faith.Faith is what links us to the holy spirit of God and this spirit will lead us to heaven one fine day
without my Faith i would be totally lost.I praise God for all things even though have suffered much.

Answer 6

Faith in faith is called existentialism.

Faith in God is what is needed.

Answer 7

My faith is based on God's Grace and Love.

God bless!

Answer 8

“faith comes by hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ” (Rom. 10:17)
There is no other way.