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Tarxarin · 26-30, M
I'm am not about to Wade in knee deep into like an hour of reading with such trolliousness.
I will say this. Faith is not believing in things because magic. Faith is a belief that things are happening and be relied.upon. I sit in a chair and I have it won't break.
It does not mean that I throw out all logical sense.
Religion is bad. God is good, love is good, Jesus died for my sins.
Dogmatic thinking is bad.
1. Love God with all that are
2. Love the neighbor as thyself.
"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is."
-Albert Camus
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/albert_camus_163017
I will say this. Faith is not believing in things because magic. Faith is a belief that things are happening and be relied.upon. I sit in a chair and I have it won't break.
It does not mean that I throw out all logical sense.
Religion is bad. God is good, love is good, Jesus died for my sins.
Dogmatic thinking is bad.
1. Love God with all that are
2. Love the neighbor as thyself.
"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is."
-Albert Camus
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/albert_camus_163017
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Tarxarin [quote]I will say this. Faith is not believing in things because magic. Faith is a belief that things are happening and be relied.upon. I sit in a chair and I have it won't break. [/quote] These are very different types of "knowledge" and in these kinds of epistemological discussions we tend to separate faith and trust/risk. Your stance on the chair is a reflection of prior empirical testing, and an assumption of risk. There are no metaphysics involved.
Carazaa · F
@QuixoticSoul But my faith [i]has[/i] been tested. That is how faith grows. I am very analytical and I know I can count on God!
Tarxarin · 26-30, M
@QuixoticSoul it's more simple than that. The sun rises and it sets. I believe it will continue to do this, and i have faith that it will.
There is no "evidence" I don't need "scientific" meaning.
There is no risk. There is a value or principle called Faith you do or do not have it.
There is no "evidence" I don't need "scientific" meaning.
There is no risk. There is a value or principle called Faith you do or do not have it.