The teaching and understanding of the teachings is evidence to me.
I'll teach that I own the Brooklyn Bridge, and that should convince the state of New York and the person that I sell the bridge to.
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The teaching and understanding of the teachings is evidence to me.
Guantanamo torture camp? Homeless camps with no toilets, pooping and peeing in drainage channels with other homeless COVID victims?Citizenship only pin you to where on earth we was born i feel at home anywhere atleast of the places i been visiting
Greeks had their own Gods (Zeus, Hera, et al).I think that sums it up. In the Bible, Hebrews 11: 1 defines faith as being "the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld".
If you want to get a bit more technical, the term “faith” is translated from the Greek word piʹstis, primarily conveying the thought of confidence and trust.
Yes, I have thoughts. Faith is a thing, for sure. But so is knowledge. Can you explain why you think that accepting "unseen" and unprovable teaching as "truth" is better than accepting actual truth as truth?Having spiritual/religious faith is to believe in the unseen and faith in the teaching that what is told as wisdom is the truth, even before one see it.
Any thoughts?
That definition abandons any objective definition of "truth" without replacing it.Having spiritual/religious faith is to believe in the unseen and faith in the teaching that what is told as wisdom is the truth, even before one see it.
Any thoughts?
And I do believe you have that just about right...That definition abandons any objective definition of "truth" without replacing it.
So 'truth' is anything the subject would like it to be, and I guess that's what 'faith' means in this context.
To see the spiritual worlds you can not use your physical senses the sendes used to see the spiritual worlds are cultivated through the practice of spiritual teaching, not by the 5 sensesBut we have 5 senses, sight is but one.
When starting on a spiritual journey faith is what pull you forward, than when you stuinner wisdom arise, and faith become understanding, just like a student of science have faith in the teaching and in the teacher, when ended education the scientist understand his/her field.Faith to me, is the lack of knowledge. Don't misunderstand it as me being rude, it is not meant like that, which will probably be clear in a second.
But as with anything else in life, you don't have faith in gravity or faith in being able to hold your breath underwater forever. You know gravity is there, you might not know exactly what it is or how it works in every single detail, but you can feel it on your body, you can test it by simply throwing or dropping something, just as you know that you can't hold your breath forever. Therefore you have knowledge about these things and that makes faith irrelevant.
However, a God or what some other person might tell you, where you don't have certainty that they are correct requires faith in them, doesn't necessarily have to be religious, could just as well be you having faith in a scientist telling you how gravity works and you putting your trust or faith in him/her telling you the truth.
So to sum it up with a question, if you have knowledge about something, why would you need faith in it?
I have not been to Guatanamo and i know it is a living hell, but it does not scare me.Guantanamo torture camp? Homeless camps with no toilets, pooping and peeing in drainage channels with other homeless COVID victims?
Jesus was at home everywhere, but he helped. We were all his children.
Why does the bible say "dragon" instead of "Bush". It leaves it to the likes of yourself then to interpret it as you likeESP proof (predicted comes true).
Example 1: Revelation 13 dragon (Satanic demon President Bush Sr.) had son (Satanic demon President W. Bush) and "gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority."
Example 2: Revelation 15 (7 plagues for defying God's order not to attack Iraq).
Example 2: Revelation 17:18 Most powerful nation occupied and corrupted Iraq, US earned name Whore of Babylon.
Proof of God is that the Bush presidents were Satanic demons. Makes sense (greed, pollution, war, torture camps). Willing to kill a million to make Americans feel less scared, though not linked to terrorism.
Modern events clearly fit predicted events of Revelation (so we're in the end times, and all life on earth will soon end). But it proves that God is real because psychics say so, and psychics are real.
Very convenientTo see the spiritual worlds you can not use your physical senses the sendes used to see the spiritual worlds are cultivated through the practice of spiritual teaching, not by the 5 senses
I began in faith and disproved it; does that count?Not in Judaeo Christianity.
Here you must begin in faith, and prove it for yourself. The claim is made
in scripture that if you have not proven this doctrine for yourself then you
have not understood.
In science there is what I call the 'corporate proof', and in Christianity
there's the 'private proof.'
I began in faith and disproved it; does that count?
Not me that made the rules how to see the spiritual realms but from practice of spiritual teaching one gain wisdomVery convenient
But it is many people's experienceThat's not everyone's experience.
Rules!!Not me that made the rules how to see the spiritual realms but from practice of spiritual teaching one gain wisdom
We see wisdom differently i do not see the physical world as the true world, you are only the physical world as the truthRules!!
I'm missing nothing, I wouldn't call myself wise but I do have a degree and sufficient knowledge. Religion does not make you wise, in many cases it can stifle your knowledge.
OK, I'm happy in the real world with my friends and familyWe see wisdom differently i do not see the physical world as the true world, you are only the physical world as the truth
But it is many people's experience