What is Faith?

Herzog_Zwei SG

the old testament

Erm... Scripture can easily mean NT too.

laoda99 SG

when paul say "scripture", he was referring to the OT

his letters were not in the bible canon yet

Creation1656 SG

Originally posted by Ironside:

You are in the sea of life on a little boat of yours called good works, religion and morality. The sea is unfriendly, the winds are harsh, dark clouds are hovering over the sky.

Suddenly…..suddenly a flash of lightning and then a blast of thunder cracked the sky wide open. Heavy rains are now starting to fall from the sky. And you are sinking….sinking real fast. You are desperate and helpless. You look around and you see all other boats are sinking…….all other boats except one…..the Life Boat called Jesus Christ.

If the Life Boat turns out to be the Death Boat, then How?

Herzog_Zwei SG

when paul say "scripture", he was referring to the OT

his letters were not in the bible canon yet

Hence my utter confusion in the first place.

ItsJustNC SG

I had an epiphany. I realized that the words "Believe" and "Doubt" has their own stereotypes. How so.? Well...

For example, when you ask your really good friend to do something for you. Like run an errand.? Have you ever heard that "cynical" side in your head whisper to you.? Making you doubt the very friends you trusted.?

Then later, you brush it aside because you are "supposed" to believe your friends because doubting them is "bad". And you force that "cynical" voice inside your head to shut up and stop putting "bad" thoughts and contemplation in your mind.?

Familiar.? Well that is the stereotype. It is a large misconception that doubting is bad, cause we've always been reassured by our loved ones that we should trust them.

However, it is having faith that is "bad" . Cause faith is "Believe" without "Logic". You're essentially believing in something blindly.

When you have faith in the ones you love, You're actually not bothering to understand them. You're willing to believe them without understanding why you believe them, and why they earned your trust.

And it is when you doubt them, you'll get to truly understand them. And it is only after understanding where you'll get to believe.

And personally, i would LOVE to have a reason and explanation for the "cynical" voice in my head about why i trust YOU.

I wrote this post in my blog awhile back ^^"

dumbdumb! SG

i'm naive that way, i trust my friends too much.

i think i'm someone who gives the benefit of the doubt about a person's trustworthiness until i am proven wrong

and yes, i agree, faith is a belief which doesn't rest on material evidence. which is why Jesus said to doubting Thomas, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed"

and of course : faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

and yet, I believe that our faith isn't totally without any evidence, that God left every of his children here, abandoned to this world to figure Him out on our own, to find our own way.

ItsJustNC SG

i'm naive that way, i trust my friends too much.

i think i'm someone who gives the benefit of the doubt about a person's trustworthiness until i am proven wrong

and of course : faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

and yet, I believe that our faith isn't totally without any evidence, that God left every of his children here, abandoned to this world to figure Him out on our own, to find our own way.

Well... When i made that post, i wasn't really considering about the religious aspect.

However, personally, i don't really care much for religions. I think is a good way to live your life by SOMETIMES... But the thing is, I never really saw the need for an omnipotent being to be added into the equation.

Cause with the addition of an omnipotent being, it usually sums up to tyranny, not piousness.

Joolead SG

well say ItsjustNC.

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