Is there such a thing as not having any faith at all?

Question

I know Theists do
But Do Atheist ahve no faith at all?

I mean we all know that the sun will come up tomorrow, however there is a Chance that it won't. That Chance is small it is a possibility. So do you have to have a little faith that it will come up because you can not be 100% sure?

Also let's jsut keep the "well yes but it stupid to have faith in an imaginary god. Thats NOT what I am asking."

I've reported 1 person in a month
So there goes you lame arguement
I won't even report you.. I will laugh at you though

I used the sun as an extreme example
I know it will come up
There is a very very very slim chance it will not but it is still a chance
Much like the chance of evolution.. it was small but it did happen

Ubu No fair you weren't suppose to get it so quick :)

Yes I know those definitions and I agree that its almost impossible however look at the many that say Nope no faith for me..

Answer 1

It depends on how you define "faith". If you think it takes faith to believe your car will start when you turn the key, or that the bus will show up on time, then everyone has faith in everything.
If you define "faith" as believing in that which has no evidence to be believed, then yes, it is possible to have a lack of faith.
Going by the multiple definitions listed in the dictionary, it is virtually impossible to not have faith.

Answer 2

This sounds more like probability than faith. The probability is high that the sun will come up, due to our understanding of physics and history. A better metaphore would be black holes. There is no direct evidence of black holes, yet a large part of the scientific community believes they exist cause it solves many problems with the mass of the universe and it also explains the orbits in our galaxy and interactions with other unseen or undetectable celestial bodies.
Therefore it is probable that black holes exist, though no direct evidence for them exist. I guess probability could be a form of faith.

Answer 3

It depends on your definition of "faith". Of course there are certain things that I am quite sure of, for example the sun rising tomorrow. But I have scientific, rational reasons to think so, and it also corresponds with my daily experience. What's more, if the sun for whatever reason should NOT rise tomorrow, I will not stand up and declare it HAS risen anyway. I will change my opinion in such a case. And that is true for every opinion I hold. I have no "holy", unchangeable opinions.

Answer 4

You may be confusing faith with expectation.
The sun coming up would be expectation based on past experience.


There are many problems with your question. Not just the differing definitions of faith but your own generalization of atheists. Every time I see a question posed to 'atheists' I'm first disappointed in the asker.

Perhaps you understand what the word means perhaps you don't but the wording of these questions suggests the asker doesn't.

It's like asking non-redheads what their favorite soda is then presuming you'll get a single answer.

Answer 5

Faith is, when you get right down to it, believing something for no reason other than someone told you to believe it. If you examine what faith actually is it means abandoning all logic and reason and evidence and things you can see and verify by some means and just believe, period.
You don't do this with anything else in life. For example if your child comes in the house and tells you theres a giant monster in the back yard, you don't just believe them, you go out and look at the back yard. If someone tells you that the police are coming down the block arresting people and dragging them out of their houses, do you simply believe them? No you go out and look. You verify everything you are told to make sure it is true before you believe it --- EXCEPT when it comes to religions and then for some unknown reason people simply believe because they are told to.
Why on earth would you want to do that?

Answer 6

Hebrews 11 Now faith is the substance [1] of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
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Answer 7

God or not god is philosophical in nature. It is an axiom/basis assumption that can't be proved or disproved. Therefore, the basis assumption in either case is faith based.
We have reasons we take those faith based assumptions. For me, my faith is that the fundamental properties of matter and energy and the processes which these fundamental properties dictate are a constant anywhere in the universe. To believe in the God axiom requires suspending belief in these fundamental properties, allows the use of magic for lack of a better word, requires more complexity than just matter and energy alone. But my faith--as I said is in physical and fundamental properties of matter and energy.

Answer 8

I personally believe that everyone has a little bit of faith in them. It doesn't have to be religious, it can be strictly spiritual or something else. Just because you may not believe in a specific god or deity doesn't mean you don't have faith in anything; apparitions for example. I'm not sure about the scientific proof behind them but people are very superstitious about that them among other things. That's gotta be some sort of faith...

Answer 9

Faith is what you personally believe. It doesn't have to be aimed at a particular thing. It can be faith as in religion, or anything. Athiest just don't have faith in the fact that Jesus died for us and that there is a heaven or hell for us to go to after death. I have faith that all those things exsist, but that doesn't prove that they do to others.

Answer 10

Ah... semantics, the final frontier of theism...


I'll help you out....

Faith vs. faith

-One is a religious term for belief without proof

-The other is a statement of trust that something is likely to be true.

Theory vs. theory

-One is a scientific word describing a logical explanation, or a model.

-The other is a everyday synonym for "guess"

Belief vs. belief

-One is a religious term for the acceptance of a higher being.

-The other is an everyday word for thinking something is likely true.

Ok? Let's never ask this question again... It's just pointless.