Originally posted by dunwichwitch
Actually, "faith" means to experience and know and be confident in that knowing based on experience. Like you have faith in your wife or best friend
based on the experience of knowing them for so long, and knowing they will always come through for you. Of course, nobody can really prove anything to
anyone if the person they are trying to prove "it" to doesn't experience it. Faith is different than belief.
You can go through each and every deity, and prove that it doesn't exist ONLY to yourself and those unfortunate enough to believe that you actually
know something. Indeed, the only thing someone who hasn't "seen the light" can do is believe. At least it gives them hope for something more. What
do you have in whatever you choose? Faith, or belief?
I'm not religious, but I know that God exists, and proof is all around you.
"For those who have eyes, let them see."
"For those who have ears, let them hear."
And for those who believe in something blindly, be it religious or scientific or political, let them either find their way accidentally, or let them
fall off a cliff.
Thats the thing, most people don't form their opinions on religion based on experience, they do it blindly. I'd say of all the theists on this
planet, at least 90 percent of them were in a way, forced to believe in God. The other ten percent imo are just misguided, lol but like I said I have
no problem with people who believe in God. My entire family and all of my friends all believe in God so I don't have anything against you guys
"I'm not religious, but I know that God exists, and proof is all around you."
No u dont know God exists, I'm sorry to be so blunt, but if you really KNEW that god existed then this conversation would be over. The debate would
have been silenced, I would be a believer, and you would probably be one of the most famous people in the history of man. There is proof all around
us???, maybe to you.