blind religious faith
The beauty of faith is not in our blindness but in Christ giving us the ability to see through our blindness. The Bible calls us to faith in evidence.
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Blind faith in religion much less its very human leaders has always been problematic.
. That is faith is not based on scientific or rational thought but is something that has to be accepted without any kind of evidence. Although other religious systems may require blind adherence in the absence of evidence or base the objective validity of religious dogma on subject criteria Christianity stands in stark contrast by promoting philosophicalactively encouraging readers to pursue wisdom and knowledge cf. You even have to have blind faith that worshipping your favourite deity will be of benefit to you.
The Bible does not tell us to practice blind faith but a faith that is rooted in objective reality. Maybe he was confusing hope with faith. Anyone can be in blind faith with the religion which imparts nothing but a supreme power namely God.
This distinction implies that faith is not always blind. Tom made the distinction between faith and blind faith. Paul tells us that God wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth 1.
The next time someone comments that faith is blind turn on your baloney detector. No other religion is based on the objective evidence of historyonly Christianity. If it were inherently blind faith there would be no point in making the distinction.
It can also be defined as an unquestioning belief in something even when it is unreasonable or wrong. To be clear blind faith is believing something without reason to believe it. Faith is not wishful thinking a blind hope or a surrender of reason.
Truth is a bedrock concept in the Christian faith. We dont have a hope-so faith but a. That faith by definition cannot be based on evidence.
But the initial skepticism many Millennials have is warranted. One of the most common beliefs about religion in the modern world is that faith is blind. The Bible does not call us to blind faith.
My hope is that in the coming decades religious leaders and institutions can show the extent to which values when lived out through community can become a force for positive social change. Blind faith is faith without evidence which would be superstition. Ours is not a blind faith any more than Noahs was.
What could this business owner have been thinking when he used the term blind faith. To have blind faith is to believe in something even when it unreasonable. Our faith is only a blind faith but we know our faith is something you can see and touchand it is as real as anything.
And by the way thats what unbelievers say about us. What is Blind Faith. It is a faith unfounded in reason.
In Blind Faith Sloan exposes the questionable research practicies and unfounded claims made by ethical scientists who manipulate scientific data and research results to support their claim of effective mystical intervention in healing. Biblical faith is a decision to believe something about God or Jesus based on evidence the kind of evidence that would stand up in a court of law. 46-7 critically analyze truth-claims cf.
Without blind faith there is no religion. Sloan begins by looking at how good science works and what its founded on. Indeed religious faith is blind by necessity because the right and the wrong faiths are not distinguishable by their truth value.
That the scientific world of observable facts and rational thinking is superior to the religious world of. What is Biblical Faith. You have to have faith that your God or gods exists in spite of the total lack of evidence for this.
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible We cant see God but that does not mean we dont have reason to believe Hes there. Those who believe in God can be in blind faith to have some miracle from the supernatural force beyond the control of humanity. The Bible does not tell us to practice blind faith but a faith that is rooted in objective reality.
Paul tells us that God wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth 1 Timothy 2. Some even think that only unintelligent people will have faith in something. Blind faith can be on someone who is emotionally attached.
No other religion is based on the objective evidence of historyonly Christianity. We submit that various truth claims including Christianity should be evaluated on the evidence. Truth is a bedrock concept in the Christian faith.
Blind faith doesnt require evidence.
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