sguy78 said:
Jesus Christ dying on the cross is the answer. I have faith. I don't need to see his DNA to believe he exists. I hope he does, but that is what faith is all about. I am not making a blanket statement that God does or does not exist. You cannot possibly know that he does not. |
Well sguy, since you 'hope', that means you still think it's possible he does not exist, so you are even more logical than a pure atheist in that sense. And it's kindof natural to hope for something we desire, and there's nothing wrong with that, and I think that may be what makes faith special, because it's not a 100% belief, but it's like an assumption mixed with desire mixed with hope. And hope isn't stupid and blind like belief (I guess that's where the term blind faith comes from?)
Remaining open and receptive is the best position. Though obviously if you'd personally received proof of god's existence then it'd be another story, you could actually fully believe without illusion(unless the proof 'was' an illusion, oh my).. but you wouldn't be able to prove to others if they hadn't experienced the proof for themselves... quite a dilemma but that's just the way it is. We must learn to stay open an receptive and not look down upon those who have reason to believe what they do.. as long as they themselves are understanding of their situation and that others can't understand the stem of the belief. Science does happen to fall out of this though, and that's a good thing, because we need an objective system of information, and theories.
