What Is Your Definition Of Faith? (church, Catholic, Christian, believer)
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The sun doesn't rise. The earth rotates/revolves. In any event, barring a supernova that wiped out the solar system, or an asteroid that changed the earth's rotation, you can conclude with almost absolute certainty that the Earth will move in the same fashion for at least the next billon years. Reducing the definition of faith to the expectation that things will occur as science predicts they will occur removes it from all meaning. Faith involves accepting something with no rational evidence to back it up based upon a wish/hope/indoctrination.
The point is that your quote from Mark Twain just 'ain't true'.
That is if the faith that I have in that 'Submit Reply' button isn't going to fail me.
You must have had alot of faith to type "whew, it didn't" before pressing the button, LOL!
The object of my faith (the 'submit reply' button in this case) has rarely failed me.
So, while I didn't know with absolute certainty that it wouldn't fail me, I could type that with a level of confidence prior to hitting the button.
God has never failed me and so I can also trust my faith in him with even more absolute certainty and an extreme level of confidence.
And the action of 'hitting the button' gets easier and easier the more I see the reliability of it, if ya know what I mean. (And I know you (cg81), do know what I mean)
The object of my faith (the 'submit reply' button in this case) has rarely failed me.
So, while I didn't know with absolute certainty that it wouldn't fail me, I could type that with a level of confidence prior to hitting the button.
God has never failed me and so I can also trust my faith in him with even more absolute certainty and an extreme level of confidence.
And the action of 'hitting the button' gets easier and easier the more I see the reliability of it, if ya know what I mean. (And I know you (cg81), do know what I mean)
The submit button HAS failed me! Remember my post to kawg which posted 7 times??? But God has not and will not fail!
Of course, maybe the submit button didn't fail me, but actually came through beyond my wildest expectations! LOL!
The object of my faith (the 'submit reply' button in this case) has rarely failed me.
So, while I didn't know with absolute certainty that it wouldn't fail me, I could type that with a level of confidence prior to hitting the button.
God has never failed me and so I can also trust my faith in him with even more absolute certainty and an extreme level of confidence.
And the action of 'hitting the button' gets easier and easier the more I see the reliability of it, if ya know what I mean. (And I know you (cg81), do know what I mean)
Yes, alpha, God has proved Himself to me also....And kaykay, it is sometimes beyond our wildest expectations!!
Originally Posted by Alpha8207 True, but I can still see Love or God as a non-deity which most Christians can't.
Well, I have a hard time seeing how anyone can see 'God' as a non-deity. I'm also betting more than one atheist might have a hard time grasping that.
Can you explain that? I'm truly curious.
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So do you know God? Or do you only believe that you know God?
True, but I can still see Love or God as a non-deity which most Christians can't.
