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Faith without proof
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goodjewishboy
Shalom!
Which Bible though? Tanach? New Testament? Qu'ran? And do you take it at face value or do you question? What about those who are spiritual but do not follow the teachings of any particular faith? There are many paths to Truth.
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
[font=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]"If you leave the Christian Bible outside, eventually the wind and the rain will destroy it. My bible IS the wind and the rain."
I seek no more proof than I find in the world around me. The more I see in the wonders of the way the world works the better.
wa:do
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I seek no more proof than I find in the world around me. The more I see in the wonders of the way the world works the better.
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goodjewishboy
Shalom!
I've spent some time with the Miami Nation in Oklahoma for a school project last year. After talking with many of them and attended some of their rituals. it seams to me they have a better understanding of things spiritually than many others.
fromthe heart
Well-Known Member
Santa doesn't exactly fall into the myth category like the tooth fairy does...or does he/ There was a real person who led to the santa factor...I believe somewhere a long time ago I was told even Santa considered himself just a humble believer in God...I'm very unsure how the tooth fairy came about. Someone said that when parents tell youngsters that there is a santa and tooth fiary and the like tehn later down the road say there is no such thing it's then believed...maybe parents recognize that when a child reaches a certian age they'd better tell the truth or have their kids think them a liar?
Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
The tooth fairy is a vicious campaign led by our youth to extract quarters (or dollars) from unsuspecting adults. THEY KNOW AND PROPOGATE THE LIE. I think I'm gonna start a web site to expose these charlatans.
Circle_One
Well-Known Member
Talking about using the tooth fairy as a means to capitalize off the myth as a child; when I was young, I remember getting a dollar or two for each lost tooth. I have a friend who's daughter just lost her first tooth and she put 20$ under the kid's pillow!NetDoc said:The tooth fairy is a vicious campaign led by our youth to extract quarters (or dollars) from unsuspecting adults. THEY KNOW AND PROPOGATE THE LIE. I think I'm gonna start a web site to expose these charlatans.
cardero
Citizen Mod
Nothing requires faith when it comes to believing. You either believe it or you do not. You either PROOVE a belief to a TRUTH or an UNTRUTH or you put in your pocket until you have more time to analyze it later. Why would you put faith in a belief? Faith is the beginning of abusing your beliefs which may lead to believing blindly. That is no way to competently/successfully arrive to your TRUTHs.
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
that is why my religion doesn't use books.
and yes, it is because we are inferior to the elements that we flee from them. We can not stop the wind and rain or any weather. We are at their mercy they are not at ours... thus we are 'inferior' as you put it. When you can tell a tornado or an eathquake to stop and dissapate then we can say that we are not 'inferior'.
wa:do
and yes, it is because we are inferior to the elements that we flee from them. We can not stop the wind and rain or any weather. We are at their mercy they are not at ours... thus we are 'inferior' as you put it. When you can tell a tornado or an eathquake to stop and dissapate then we can say that we are not 'inferior'.
wa:do
goodjewishboy
Shalom!
gotta post this, its on the origins of the tooth faries.
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C.S. Lewis says that that kind of faith is the faith required of those already embarked in the service of God. For those who yet question His existence you need not KNOW without proof; but a life of faithfulness will provide one with all the proof needed.carrdero said:
Scriven argues that you must be able to prove conclusively with no margin for error that God exists in order to have faith. He argues that this proof does not exist, and therefore faith is for the deranged and stupid.
Pascal makes a wager. If God exists and you do not believe in Him your non-belief has gained you little (a short life free from rules) but costs you much (eternity). If you believe, you risk little (a short life free from rules) but you gain much (eternity). The smart money would always go on God existing, as the pros far outweigh the cons in each scenario.
James feels this is an insufficient basis for faith (as do I) and argues that only a fool would act contrary to all the evidence in the world just to satisfy the terms of his little wager, but further argues for faith in God using our passional natures agaisnt our critical sides to make his rather convincing argument.
I meet people every day who have never found proof that God does not exist. Their juvenile faith has carried them to adulthood where they find the proof that faith affords those who want it. Others arrive at faith through deductive reasoning and logic, but the infinite cannot possibly be encapsulated in our finite understanding, and logic fails to transcend (and therefore prove or disprove) the divine. It is folly to even believe that we can define God if we don't even believe in Him. Without definition we cannot reach a conclusion. I personally did not believe. I was of the pyrrhonist category that demanded (with self-righteous indignation) irrefutable proof, and that proof was afforded me tenfold. I cannot argue with the evidence that was made available to me, and since giving up that skepticism I find I cannot find it again as the proof for the existence of the Lord far overshadows any doubt that could possibly be thrown across it. If you don't think the sky is blue no one on or off this earth will ever convince you otherwise. That's human nature and it is utterly ludicrous to continue to demand proof for something you don't want to believe. Nor will God decide your skepticism has earned you the right to be among the few blessed enough to receive divine intervention in their search for truth.
Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
What Dan said!