FacePalm of the Day #98 - Debunking Christianity: What Is Faith?

I've said it before, but I'll say it again: Atheists don't understand how the Bible defines "Faith".

Faith is pure wishful thinking, nothing more and nothing less. It offers a person a leap beyond what the probabilities actually lead us to think. For if something can be known to be the case we wouldn't need faith. Faith therefore is not a virtue when it comes to knowing the truth about anything. Skepticism is

There are two very important things to keep in mind. No one in all of the Bible was expected to just blindly follow something they couldn't hope to understand to any depth. That's not to say that we get to understand everything exhaustively. How can skepticism be virtuous when it comes to knowing the truth of anything? By definition skepticism is built on ignorance. One has no need for skepticism about something if you know something is true. The faith illustrated in the Bible is definitely wishful thinking or leaping in the dark. Biblical faith is built on past relationship with God. It is based on what God had really revealed.  Does anyone really think that the first time Abraham heard God speak to him was Genesis 12? Nope. Same thing with each every righteous man or woman in the Bible. It's the same for us today. Faith is a trust in God built on past experiences and working knowledge. If you don't know God, how could you have any faith? You can't. Explains John Loftus' total misconception of faith.

Debunking Christianity: What Is Faith?

How Not to Witness

This strip is funny and sad at the same time. It presupposes that faith and logic are incompatible at best and antithetical at worst. I must disagree. They are not. Unfortunately, many Christians have little else to back up what they believe other than "personal revelation". We should have more to say than that. As a Christian if your personal revelation conflict with the Bible, then it can't be from God. Of course skeptics ask how do we know we can trust the Bible? I think that is where Evidential Apologetics comes into play. We can rationally and logically show that there is plenty of evidence to accept the Bible as true. I've posted quite a bit information on the blog from various sources showing why the Bible is reliable.



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