2007-10-26 06:29:05 · 23 answers · asked by Page 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
One needs blind faith to believe in GOD. That's too much to ask. I should use reason for everything but not when it comes to God!!!!!
Can anyone explain this to me?
2007-10-26 06:30:38 · update #1
You can use something that APPEARS to be reason. For example, some people are impressed by Aquinas' silly 'proofs' of God's existence, but only an already committed theist would really be convinced by them.
CD
2007-10-26 06:34:02 · answer #1 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You can use blind faith if you like. It's better than no faith. I use evidence.
The eleven remaining apostles were terrified when Christ was crucified. In spite of all they had seen, the Gospel was very clear that there was still a lot of doubt in their minds. These were not your usual cult followers, these were down to earth working class men for the most part, chosen by Jesus for their strength of character. They believed that what had happened to Jesus could very easily happen to them, and they were afraid, hiding away behind locked doors.
What happened that prompted such a change in them, that they openly went about preaching God's word, and all of them to a man happily accepting deaths as martyrs in the service of Christ? Something profound changed their way of thinking after the resurrection. When you identify what that was, let me know. I think I already have the answer.
More proof, read "A Doctor at Calvary" by Pierre Barbet. He set about to prove the shroud of Turin is a fraud.
If God wanted a mindless savant who obeyed his every whim, he would have stopped when he created the Dog.
2007-10-26 13:44:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you decide to believe, then you interpret facts to fit that belief and use that to reinforce your belief. This is a non-objective way to interpret reality. For example if I believe and look at the world then I think there is no way this is chance god made it; on the objective side I look at the world and say how did this get here and then start looking for clues about it's formation. In the first case I assume that my belief is accurate and everything is taken to support that. In the second, I could find out that the belief is true or that something else happened, but I'm open to any possibility.
This is why believers are so easily deceived by creations misinformation as it supports their belief even thought it's totally inaccurate.
2007-10-26 13:40:27 · answer #3 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheists would love for you to believe that, but anyone who really reads the Word of God, the Bible, would be able to tell you that God wants us to use knowledge, understanding and wisdom to the fullest we are capable. Just do a Bible word-study on those words. The Bible in NO WAY advocates "blind faith."
Isaiah 1:18 -- "Come now, and let us reason together," Says the Lord...
2007-10-26 13:50:59 · answer #4 · answered by BC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ROVE: I think reason is how I know God exists. It is our belief in God that has shown us the order in the world and the universe. How else do we explain that the planets rotate around the sun in similar elliptical patters that we find in all of the universe rather than some hodgepodge of orbits that science could never explain. How could we explain the reason the firm belief in our basic freedoms and knowledge that all men are created equal, it is the philosophy our Lord taught us while He was on earth.
2007-10-26 13:41:42 · answer #5 · answered by ALASPADA 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
But we don't use reason for everything else. Love isn't exactly reasonable, nor are some friendships. We often use our "gut instinct" about things, so reason is not always the ONLY way to decide things.
God gave us thought so that we could explore, learn and create. I believe God wants us to use our thoughts, but He also asks us to have faith..we are capable of both.
2007-10-26 13:35:28 · answer #6 · answered by Beverly B 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, one needs "blind faith" to believe that the dog and the cat had a common ancestor, in spite of evidence to the contrary.
One needs "blind faith" to believe that there is no God. The evidence is all around you! You're just not looking. God gave us thought so that we could recognize the Creator and come to know Him!
The Bible says that our faith is not blind.
2007-10-26 13:40:29 · answer #7 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He gave us reason because we are made in His image, He is the perfect mind, the ultimate creator and the foundation of all systems of logic.
One cannot reason to believe, because we are told that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word preached. We believe when we realize our sin and repent of it, trusting Christ alone to save us.
That being said, we do use our mental faculties to process the reality of our condition and make intuitions about our needs and cognative reality.
Ath
2007-10-26 13:35:24 · answer #8 · answered by athanasius was right 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is the most special gift we were given by God my dear is Freewill. Freewill exists in every aspect of our lives. Even faith.
2007-10-26 13:41:59 · answer #9 · answered by Enigma 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes he gave us our faculties to reason. That's why I always ponder on the thought (using reason/my intelligence) 'until I can make a rose then I will deny there is a God'
It certainly get's the cogs moving!
regards
Star
2007-10-26 13:35:06 · answer #10 · answered by Star of the sea 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋