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Author Topic:   Why is Faith so Important to God?
riVeRraT
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Message 73 of 88 (438166)
12-03-2007 7:50 AM
Reply to: Message 23 by iceage
10-30-2007 7:07 PM


While I wait here for a Christian response to this question (btw thanks jar for your input) I just noticed this passage from Hebrews:
"And without faith it is impossible to please God" (Hebrews 11:6)
Which correlates quite well with...
"And without faith it is impossible to propagate a false god"
Any Christian want to defend this and tell me where I am wrong...
You ask what appears to be a simple question, but it is not so simple.
First off, faith is not easily defined.
I do not agree with jar. jar has no way of knowing if God requires faith or not. It is by faith that he believes what he(jar) believes.
Yes, God does provide evidence. The bible, the world, the Holy Spirit is all evidence of God. But is it not proof. You cannot prove God, so you must "take a leap of faith" to believe He exists.
Nothing in science is ever "proven".
God is never "proven".
No surprises here.
Once you take that leap, you must continue taking that leap, otherwise you are not really believing. God would IMO take that into consideration. Every ACTION you do for your entire time of belief, or faith, is considered, and judged by God. Faith is love, and many other things which probably please God.

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