Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
Blind faith is not based on evidence, but on hearsay.
Real faith is based on the evidence that surrounds us.
My son has just begun to understand electricity in his Physics class. That has not stopped him from using the light switch. Was his faith "blind"? Nope, the evidence suggested that flipping the switch would produce light. It has been re-enforced over his life time. From time to time his faith is shattered. Either the bulb is burned out or the electricity coming to that circuit has been disrupted. Does he throw out the concept of Electricity when this happens? No, he knows that a problem has rendered his faith ineffectual and he will try and figure out what happened.
So it is with God. The evidence surrounds us. It envelopes us constantly, and yet because some things don't seem to work the way we want them to, we give up our faith in God. Unlike my son, many people refuse to look for the "disconnect" and just give up on God. It doesn't have to be this way.
Unfortunately, many of us see the same evidence and draw different conclusions. This leads a few to clamour that the other's faith MUST be blind. Instead of trying to understand each other's differences, some are quite content to dismiss and demean. This only leads to condescension and bitterness. To what end? I am here to understand as well as to be understood. How about you?
Real faith is based on the evidence that surrounds us.
My son has just begun to understand electricity in his Physics class. That has not stopped him from using the light switch. Was his faith "blind"? Nope, the evidence suggested that flipping the switch would produce light. It has been re-enforced over his life time. From time to time his faith is shattered. Either the bulb is burned out or the electricity coming to that circuit has been disrupted. Does he throw out the concept of Electricity when this happens? No, he knows that a problem has rendered his faith ineffectual and he will try and figure out what happened.
So it is with God. The evidence surrounds us. It envelopes us constantly, and yet because some things don't seem to work the way we want them to, we give up our faith in God. Unlike my son, many people refuse to look for the "disconnect" and just give up on God. It doesn't have to be this way.
Unfortunately, many of us see the same evidence and draw different conclusions. This leads a few to clamour that the other's faith MUST be blind. Instead of trying to understand each other's differences, some are quite content to dismiss and demean. This only leads to condescension and bitterness. To what end? I am here to understand as well as to be understood. How about you?