Theological Opinions

[brownjenkins]

Originally Posted by Lief Erikson

When I said "faith" above, I was referring to blind faith. Just wanted to make that clear. Many people think Christianity is nothing but blind faith, a view I have fought vigorously against ever since I first came to Entmoot's General Messages. True Christianity, instead, is reasonable faith. For example, you can be reasonably sure, as a child, that your mother is going to give you breakfast in the morning. It's faith, but it's not blind faith. It's faith based upon loving relationship and upon experience. My problem is with blind faith and unthinking faith, not with reasonable faith.

i see it differently... i would call an absolute belief that christianity must be true blind faith, for the simple reason that the evidence is non-conclusive... in fact, i'd say that there is no evidence at all, but even if i give you the evidence you have claimed to exist, it still leaves doubt

reasonable faith is what i have found practiced by most christians i have met in life... a belief that there is a god, but a realization that this is in fact a belief in something that is very unproven... and also a willingness to make their own interpretations when it comes to things like the bible and how to practice their beliefs

to me, reasonable faith says: "there is a path, but humanity can not be 100% sure what that path is... we should all try our best to follow it in our own way, and respect the different paths others may travel"

blind faith say: "my way is the way"