Thread: What is faith?
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Old 05-16-2007   #26 (permalink)
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Default Re: What is faith?

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Originally Posted by Bnonn View Post
Could you point to something specific I have said and explain what is confusing about it?
I really don't believe I could as essentially the whole tenor of the presentation of your arguments seems to suggest you believe that the majority of the inhabitants of this planet to be incompetent, imbecilic morons who are not even remotely able to grasp the biblical message which is apparently so obvious to you.
Therefore, as I have already requested, can you please summarize your message, without resorting to personal invective if possible, in less than three lines.
I believe I have stated my situation clearly, genuinely and honestly. In essence, I am confused that many religious friends (and these are clean-living, hard-working, happy people that I very much respect despite your very negative view of their mental abilities) purport to have an undying, absolute faith in not just the existence , but the supreme benevolence of God.
However, none of them has been able to convince me of the validity of this faith. Indeed, it seems to me no more than a rather childish belief in a kind of fairy-story where all of the faithful will live happily ever after.
Now, I don't claim to be any more intelligent than these people so why can I not share in this wonderful, happiness-inducing faith? What am I missing?
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