why is faith so important? why not if its true its true , if its not its not?

Answer 1

Faith is important because it keeps people hoping for something after death. Without it, many people cannot bear to look at death as the end. Many who have lost loved ones cannot live knowing they will never see the ones they have loved again. In this aspect, faith keeps us doing what is right in hopes of a better life after death.

Answer 2

We seldom know for sure that anything is true or not.

Faith just means acting on a belief. Belief just means "holding as true". I can believe that a parachute works but to actually jump out of a plane takes faith.

In our everyday world, we seldom have complete evidence of anything but we have to live our lives. So we evaluate the evidence, take the course we think best, believe that we can get where we want to go and then go on faith from there.

Answer 3

Human foresight allows human dominance
But humans can foresee their own death.

This causes an existential crisis, "Why struggle for life if the end result is always death?" Which is a very bad question from a Darwinian standpoint.

So the Evolutionary puzzle here is "How do you mitigate the awareness of death with out compromising foresight."

The answer is faith.

Atheist think faith is dying, even as world wide they are being out-bred by believers.

Answer 4

Faith, belief, whatever. It offers comfort. That's all. It has nothing to do with truth. Many have (or used to have) faith in the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy. Some believed an alien craft hidden behind a comet would take them to heaven.

Belief is independent of, yet cannot exist with, truth. And Truth exists, independent of our definitions or interpretations.

Answer 5

When you have faith, it is faith in our Lord, not in some material item. The "true" thing does not fit with the true faith. Faith is a cure all.

Answer 6

Faith is a step beyond believing, involving intentionality.

True belief is true love. True faith is living Word.

Love is more a case of truth to be checked, as love has an object.

Intention presumes one's self is truthful, hence one knows as Descartes that one's effort or intention is sincere, in good faith.

Faith acts on what is believed (beloved, held dear--same etymological import). The "truth of (the object of) love" is something evaluated--is the object worthy of love, worthy to be be-lieved, worthy of the intention to the oneness or agreement which love is?

If one needs to believe that what one loves is worthy of lovem true, then one's faith or intention to be-lieve may be self-deceiving. Faith is a step beyond believing, and should not be a means to believing. I.e., it is better to Cartesianly doubt, than to desire securing a false comfort-belief by an unexamined faith or will-to-believe-regardless..

Hence, the evidence for true belief, true believerness, is where Kant's notion that God cannot be sensed through ordinary 5-sense materialism comes in, and where miracles transect ordinary materialism. Saint Therese of Neumann's living on Light and no food or water for decades, Reverend Mary Baker Eddy's documented healing ministry ("Mary Baker Eddy: Christian Healer," Yvonne von Fettweis), the Host of Light photographed by sceptics at Garabandal, Dr. William Tiller's experiments (), http://www.divinecosmos.com and books such as "Extraordinary Knowing," Mayer; "Climb the Highest Mountain," Prophet; "Hope for the World: Spiritual Galvanoplasty," Aivanhov; "Ethical ESP," Colton, and "Expecting Adam," Beck, all point to Spirit-Matter unity at some specific states and occasions (e.g., the sacrament of Holy Communion). These are more faith-worthy evidences.

Http://www.coasttocoastam.com occasionally has guests on its radio program who address this general question.

Answer 7

We're talking about religious faith, right?

Your question suggests that you're talking about the day-to-day effect of faith on your life. If I say "I believe in God" then go about my life and not think about it, then what's the big deal, right?

The big deal, in a nutshell, is that some people can't go about their lives without thinking about it. For some people, faith is crucial to their very survival. They need their faith to help them make decisions in their life, and can't imagine living life without answers to all of their questions.

But if that's not you, then faith isn't important.

Answer 8

To live your life, u must fallow some principles, rules, laws.
U believe in god or not, u must have faith in some kind of rules and regulations. without them u will have troubles, for example those peoples how do not believe in god on what basis do they get married, they do not have a holy script or book. if they do not have faith in each other.
then nothing.

Answer 9

Life is a miracle, a Wonder , a Mystery. To live it, you need faith as many amazing events will unfold and will need your faith to see you thru...

Answer 10

it should keep you living..... when science stops, fatih comes in....