why is blind faith so hard to comprehend?
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You have never met Alexander the Great and yet you believe what you have heard about him. Interestingly enough the first books were not written about him until 500 years after he was dead. Christ was written about from the beginning of time and again within 55 years of his death and resurection.  You cant see the wind just the effects. Yet I believe there is wind.
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no, that is blind faith
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Before I became a born again Christian, I was in your shoes. The bible made zero sense to me. I would read it, and could not remember what I read, nor see the importance of the "dusty old book" However, the only way you will be able to understand it is if you accept Christ into your heart. To do this you must be convinced that God exists, then you must have Him dealing with your heart (which I think He is given your concern about not understanding the bible) Then when this comes to light you will see your need of a Savior due to your lacking in the eyes of God.\n\nBleesed be unto you to harken unto this call.
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Just  another one of the many, many, many  contradictions,  and inconsistencies  that  exist in  the  realm of  religious beliefs.But what you have to remember is that this type of questions are ones for which you will never find any  true answer because -founded  upon  "faith"  any  one person's  answer is going to be  based entirely  on that  one individual's personal  belief,  not any kind of  clear, unarguable, indisputable   evidence.       I  guess you could  say that  when it comes  to anything  relating to  faith,  each person has to simply find his own  answer,  or live without one..
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LMAO....good question. I guess faith only goes so far before it just turns into plain ignorance.\n\n~SugaSw33t
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When it comes to faith, I like to think of all the reasons why I can't stop my belief. Look at all the things that I don't have an answer for. The things that I can't do. All the times that my friends and family have let me down. Everything that science hasn't got a clue about. With all that we are limited on there has to be something more, something greater than just us. While we are limited, God is not. He has taken care of every detail in nature, as well as outside of nature. Faith is the couragr to believe when there is no way to explain why. This is why we have cars, planes, cures for illness, and the hope of tomorrow. Without faith,... given our limits, we really would be lost. If we don't hold on to an ever increasing faith were doomed. God has created everything, including our measure of faith, it's there for the taking... just ask HIm. He holds all wisdom untill such time as we are ready to take hold of it. All that's lacking is the trust for taking it. That comes with the relationship that we develop with Him. The closer that relationship is, the more faith you will find yourself having.\nMatt.
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i had difficulty with this issue for a long time, till i came to realize, that in some religions, the basic tenets of their faith only have/show, one way to God,,, a certain/one path, and while i can read some of the writings their faith is based on and see how it allows for other paths, their religion doesnt focus on that, they are not taught that, and i guess just dont see it.       if you belong to a religion that feels there is only one way, certain steps, to salvation,,, then you must feel the others are wrong,,,,,\n\nand as to the comment above about baby-boomers, hun we are some of the most free thinkers ever!
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Some people can't see past ignorance.
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Sometimes.\nIf you think about it this way, sometimes a person might think that a very religious Christian or Muslim might be blind because they think from an exclusively religious perspective and has little room for the flexibility of an agnostic, or the freedom of a free-thinker.\nThis is because there is God, and end of story, everything has to go through the "there is a God" screening process and they can't bear to think how something, a siutation or thoery can be without the grace of God's work, or His presence in it.\nYet, when you think of this stubborness to step away from all that and see a bigger picture (meaning don't go from the ultra-religious viewpoint), try comparing it with an atheist.\nHe too, thinks from a ultra-stubborn point of view. "There is NO God!" He states.\nAnd everything runs through the "there is no God" screening process, and he can't bear to think that there might be the very real possibility of God encompassing the human being's life, that the very product of Science is the product of God's work.\nHe too, is stubborn, and often inflexible.\nThus, from this viewpoint, one can make a statement that the atheist is as blind as the religiously faithful.\nI'm not at all saying the agnostic triumphs. But an agnostic does not necessarily "sit on the fence", nor does the agnostic throws his hands up in the air and is confused.\nAgnostics constantly lean to one side of the argument, but leave a possibility of this other. An agnostic is constantly in transit, has room for ideas, no matter how outrageous and runs a balance of logic and faith, constantly he's in between following his heart and mind, and being guided spiritually by God, or an unknown force (maybe it's his conviction and rational belief?).\nEither way, yes, I do think an atheist is blind, but not in the absolute sense, he is blind in indignance, rebellion and the ego and accomplishments of mankind and his discoveries, relying most of his explanations in mankind's humble abilities in enquiry and research.\nAnd in the same way, an absolutist religious fanatic that cannot relate to human science is just the same, on blind faith.
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It's hard to explain. please see the links below.
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The blind faith that people have in a god is brought about by many causes:\n\n1.)  Their parents and family taught them to believe in God and participate in religious functions.  If they tell their family that God does not exist, they face rejection and persecution.\n\n2.)  God is a security blanket for some people.  Isn't it so nice to have someone that is always thinking of you and loving you and saving you (allegedly) from evil?  But don't forget that when your spouse dies in a car accident that it was part of God's plan.\n\n3.)  The fear of hell is a powerful psychological weapon used by the church to force people into believing in God.  Religious people fear that if they reject the concept of God that they will have an afterlife of eternal misery.  Parents pass this fear onto their children to convince them to "behave appropriately."  It is a vicious cycle that continues from generation to generation.\n\n4.)  Many people lack the intellectual capability to conduct an objective investigation of life and the universe.  For these people it is just easier to believe what soceity tells them and they are unable or unwilling to consider any possible alternative.  They do not want to step outside of their mental "comfort zone."\n\n5.)  And for the lucky religious leaders and people in power, the belief in God has endless benefits.  Pastors get people to donate money to their church, Bishops get prestige and admiration for being so holy, and even President Bush can get support (at least temporarily) for a questionnable war because he claims that God talks to him.
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Blind faith implies not questioning the source, be it God or Charles Manson. And blind faith IS bad, for Religion, for Society, and for individuals.\n\nI have faith, educated, researched faith, and answers to all my questions. There is a diffrence between educating yourself on the source, and following without question.\n\nGood Question, and good point as well.
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What you have witnessed is a failure of imagination, pure and simple. Because they are so engrossed in their religion, they cannot fathom that someone could take on a different world view.\n\nThis means that they have stopped choosing to believe. Their faith is so ingrained in them that they can perceive no other options. Perhaps it makes sense to consider faith that is not chosen the result of brain washing, but I may be stepping over the line in suggesting this.
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Faith does not rely on reality. It is a willingness, even desire, to believe in that which cannot be proven to exist. You can literally create any reality you want to, and if you have enough faith in it, that reality will appear solid and indisputable, to you, regardless of how unrealistic it is, or how little sense it makes. A lot of religious people don't really grasp this concept.
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BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE THINGS VERY EASILY.
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That's why it's called "faith"; you never know conclusively. To truly understand the bible, one would have to be an expert in Hebrew and Aramaic of the ancient times for the old testament, and then master 1st and 2nd century Greek to understand the new testament. To top it all off, you would have to have a thorough understanding of the cultures and traditions of the times that the various books were written in. Then you might actually approach what the original authors intended.\n\nOur understanding of the bible is dependent on our society and culture, the faith community we grow up in, and our own backgrounds and habits. Nobody lives in a vacuum, so all these things have an effect. A good example is the constant exhortations against the rich and the wealthy in the bible, but how little that is discussed in our country, because our nation likes material prosperity, and doesn't want it questioned. \n\nIn the end, however, one makes the choice to believe. One decides to believe that God will work our our salvation as we read this ancient and imprefectly translated book, and make our way through a life that has more mystery than most are willing to concede. And that's what faith is about.
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My interpretation is that religion is not meant to be understood - you believe things on faith.