Is Faith Blind?
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Even if you’re an atheist, you have to agree that the blind faith argument is REALLY BAD.
Their is 10000 religions in the world,what is the evidence that christianity is true today??
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The starkness, historical evidence, and the archeological evidence of the new testament is unmatched than any other part from the Bible. It is known that Jesus was a real person who lived in Nazareth and died from crucifixion. It is also the fact that the disciples were so willing to die for something they saw and believed in. For example: The Apostle Peter doubted and denied Jesus was the son of God numerous times, but after witnessing the crucifixion and the resurrection, much like the other male Apostles he was willing to be martyred and was crucified upside down by order of Nero because he believed he wasn't worthy to be crucified in the same manner that Jesus was. I suggest that you read the bible (or just the new testament) and do more research for yourself from apologetics teachers like Michael Jones (inspiringphilosphy) and Frank Turek (Cross Examined, although I will admit he is painfully awful at debating, unlike Michael.) I hope this helps at least show a case for some evidence, and I hope you have a blessed day.
@@karime3295the resurrection argument
@@karime3295 Where is your proof falsifying Christianity? Not evidence of me being a rotten skunk at times, but the falsification of God's existance, the life and ultimate death/resurrection of Jesus.
And your steadfast denial doesn't do it. All you have is denial without reason other than to pad your self-image; an argument from silence in that you deny evidence exists.
@@Rocky-ur9mn what?
for some reason apologetics sometimes encourages my soul more than hearing a godly sermon
That's true why is that? Most are boring and I don't learn anything significantly life changing. I believe now God is active but I wonder where in massive proportions!
I think that if we're open to it and do our best to understand it, we'll experience it's power. Michael is good at his work, like the Bible says, a person who has mastered their craft will do so before Kings one day. I think this is that of which we're getting a small taste in these kinds of videos.
Makes sense to me. Apologetics uses good logic and reason to make their point, so it can help you feel more sure than just someone talking about the bible in the context of a sermon.
Apologetics are godly sermons in their own right
I'm with you, emiliog (that's small for my old eyes). I've been a logician all my life. I have no doubt of my Savior and salvation based on my relationship with Him. Reason and deep understanding only make that stronger.
I was just thinking "is faith blind", I then immediately got a notification for this video. I am shook
Allah certainly works in mysterious ways, doesn’t he?
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Haha god works in mysterious ways
God is speaking to you.
I want to leave a like here but it's currently at 77 and I don't want to mess that up. What you just said is evidence that faith is most certainly not blind. God has a funny way of making these kinds of things happen doesn't he?
God must be real then
I heard a lot of this proper understanding of faith when I read Karen Armstrong's "The Case for God" several years ago. I was an atheist at the time and this idea of faith as closer to trust in definition broke the spell the New Atheist outlook held over me. I realised that many of their talking points are faulty and misinformed and that scientists don't have all the answers. Love this video, this enormous misconception needs to be swept away.
These are seriously the best apologetics videos. Not that I watch many, but still.
"Faith then cometh by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ."
Rom 10:17
@John Daedalus If you're referring to the quote, it's isn't an argument at all. It's a statement of the Holy Spirit.
@John Daedalus did you watch the video? You stupid delusional being
John Daedalus what would you call believing in God then? Besides insulting it and calling it a delusional or something like that. Give me your definition of believing in God with evidence
He believes that faith is believing in something without evidence, yet he refuses to believe in God even if presented with evidence. I don't think he's thinking that all the way through.
Ohh this channel deserves more subs than Joel Osteen´s Channel. People should pay more attention to apologetics than preaching!
Apologetics and preaching are both important.
Of course, what Osteen does is not preaching.
There's no need to call him a moron, Abraham. Osteen preaches a motivational gospel, a false gospel, which includes nothing from the Bible and solely speak on good feelings and things that the carnal hearts want to hear. He doesn't preach the gospel or in any regards, doesnt warn the congregation of the consequences of sin, rather he preaches a self-centred, egotistical gospel. A false gospel that deceives many. Like John MacArthur said, "The true gospel is a call to self-denial. It is not a call to self-fulfillment."
@@MusicaCraft John MacArthur is just as heretical as Joel Osteen with his false Gospel of turning from breaking God's law(sin)for salvation
Can you provide any evidence for your statement?
@@MusicaCraft you can read his article introduction to lordship Salvation at Grace to You. Com where he teaches that turning from breaking God's law(Sin) for salvation there and you can even get on TH-cam and type in John MacArthur give your life to Christ and he rules which he says is the gospel. that clearly contradicts First Corinthians 15:3-4 and 2 Timothy 2:8 nowhere in those verses does Paul say the gospel is give your life to Christ and he rules for salvation nor does Paul ever mention turning from breaking God's law(sin) for salvation. Paul advocated turning from breaking God's law (sin) only to gain Eternal rewards and to reign in heaven that's it add or take away from that and you have a false gospel and salvation by faith plus works
OMG. I was thinking about this for a long time. And then this video came as a lifeboat. thank a lot, IP. 💙💙
Leave it to people who know nothing of faith to tell you what faith is.
Atheists refuse to acknowledge this definition of faith. I quit arguing.
I've been waiting for this video for a long time and I was not disappointed! Thank you.
Really great video! Even after I became atheist, I always held this understand of faith. It always put me off when I heard atheists/skeptics redefine faith to something it wasn't. But that's not too say that a small minority of Christians don't hold to the definition of faith where it is some form of blind belief. Though, I disagree with you on God's existence, I appreciate this video and it's clarification. Hopefully, atheists can watch it and grow out of those straw men arguments.
It’s a shame that you became atheist, but for some reason, I have similar disputes with religious people for some bizarre reason. Hope you’re doing good though
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I appreciate you so much for your open mind !!!
"Come, let us reason together..."
That is a beautiful verse also if anyone is wondering it's Isaiah 1:18
@@dozo51 I've always liked it. :)
"Blessed are those who have not seen me, yet still believe"
Indoctrination 101
Okay? He addressed this verse in the video.
The irony in atheists and skeptics claiming that faith is evil and anti-reason when we all take leaps of faith on a daily basis lol
Abrahamic religions demand blind obedience through fear and hope. That is what blind faith is. It is impossible to argue with members of such religions when facing the truth they show hate and anger or they just ignore you to keep leaving their brainwash fantasy. I know this because I experienced it and as a former Christian I never saw the truth so clearly. There is nothing more unfortunate than live in a distorted interpretation of reality. Rejecting the Bible or the Quran or any other holy book makes no one an atheist. This is a lie propagated by Abrahamic religions because they also are exclusivist and it makes them extremely dangerous in educating people into fanaticism. Most people have an emotional attachment to their holy book and that is why they cant reason
I’m pumped for your devils advocate debate IP. Slay.
Chesterton clives What devil's advocate debate?
JMDapologetics101 is playing atheist against IP
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@@rickojay7536 why the 🤦♂️
Absolutely brilliant! I've liked & faved 👍
Thanks a lot IP for another excellent video; you're an inspiration 😊
God bless you!
Excellent work, as always. God bless you, IP!
Your videos are getting better, keep it up buddy. Thanks for sharing
Great work IP 👍
The physical representation of Jesus in this video looks as tho he is from the middle east. I really appreciate the attention to place on accuracy. I appreciate your content. You have a new subscriber!
Yes, this is uncommon, usually He is portrayed as a white european or black sub-saharan african but not middle-eastern.
Those are from a documentary style take on the Gospels IIRC.
One of your best videos yet. praise Jesus!
The whole point and reason that people add the word blind before faith to say "blind faith" is because faith is *not* by definition blind. The term blind faith would be facile and pointless if faith was blind by definition.
Thanks for destroying this atheist myth, IP! :-)
Here we go, another blind faith advocate who can't come to terms with reality. Sorry, but you're just deluding yourself with your faith.
@Anton Babani I did, and that's what makes this so sad. I'm absolutely astonished that you and these other blind faith advocates try to rationalise your unrational thought process. At least other proper Christians admit to their irrational blind faith, while you idiots even further lie to yourselves. By the way, as someone who's spent most of his life studying philosophy, I actually support certain types of people with faith, but only if they admit to it being an unprovable faith that's not based in reality. To me, these people are like Don Quixote trying to struggling against an unbearable world with a poetic compassionate ideal, while people like you who have the intelligence to trick yourselves with warped reasoning are just lazily relieving yourself of any meaningful personal struggle.
One of the most impossible things in the world is seeing Richard Dawkins losing a debate 😂 😂
There we go again with adult religious comparing himself to a great professor
By who? Exactly?
Cuz as I presented to you it is impossible
Jetpack Rorschach subjective opinion, regarded as truth. Yeet.
Man thank you very much for your channel. Its really inspiring. It gives me the will of knowledge. Thank you again. Hail from faroe islands
Thank you for this great quality video. All your hard work is very much appreciate it.
You are really great on what you are doing.
God bless you!
In Lithuania, word" pistis" can mean "to have sex with someone", so it was very strange to watch this video :DD
I was thinking the same thing.
Getting a personal born-again experience, deliverance from bondage to sin, a fresh start and reboot, and a transformed heart is my evidence. Thank You GOD. GOD is Love ♥.
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My brother. I've seen a few of your videos. And they are really REALLY GOOD. God bless you my friend. Keep up the good work! !!!
Excellent job. You make you the complex simple.
"I am Doctor Thomas Aquinas, and I approve this message."
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Dude, VERY well done video!
Love your vids as usual
So very helpful, thank you so much . I really needed this as a reminder right now. 🙏🙏🙏
Greater understanding now. I appreciate it
My younger brother said that faith is just blind and that because I'm not into science I can't possibly understand the world. So thanks for this video 🔥🔥🔥
This reminds me of AronRa losing his cool on the debate with IP because of this faith issue. Good memories that I will remember forever
This is one of my biggest frustrations with atheists. They often claim faith is belief without evidence. It's frustrating to me because I came to faith as a dreict result of God showing me the scientific, historical, logical, and theological evidences. My montra is to alwayd be ready to give a reason for the hope that you have. Know what you believe, know why you believe it, and be ready to defend you beliefs. It concerns me how so many Christians hardly know their own beliefs, let alone are they able to actually support and defend them if challenged. ........ My view is that people should seek to objectively evaluate all sides of a disagreement, look at the evidences themselves, and come to their own concussions.
Mind presenting mentioned (scientific, historical, theleological etc) evidences?
@@philosophyreligionself5648 I'd be happy to. What specifically would you like be to defend? I could talk about theism, the God of the Bible (Yahweh) being the true God, Creation being true as opposed to Evolution, or all sorts of Biblical topics.
I guess I could simply ask your background and then let the conversation flow from there. So, what do yoy believe?
@@johnc1014 I appreciate it really but I really don't have time to have a conversation here in the comment sections.
It will suffice for now if you provided some sources that claim that creationism is true and evolution is not.
@@philosophyreligionself5648 Regarding Evolution and Creation, it's best to first define terms. I've come to believe the Creation account described in Genesis. The theory is basically that God created all life each according to various kinds of life and each only reproduces within their respective kind, though some variability is perfectly acceptable (ex: cats only reproducd cats, dogs produce dogs, humans produce humans, etc.) Evolution is the theory that all these life forms originated from a single common ancestor and, from there, through a process of beneficial mutations preserved through natural selection, evolved into all the diversity in life we see today.
As far as evidence, Creation is plainly observable in natural and easily testable and reproducible in the lab and in practice. For example, you can breed dogs for certain characteristics to give you widely different variations, but you always remain with dogs.
As far as Evolution, it is not observable, by definition, as it requires millions of years of beneficial mutations accumulating to produce these changes. However, aside from that, it has consistently failed when tested in the laboratory. Scientists have tested it with such organisma as fruit flies (due to shortened lifespans allowing observation of far more generations. There, it still failed.
I can go through the many claimed evidences for Evolution, yet they all fall short of actually proving the theory. Evolution relies on such things as the fossil record, claiming that organisms in lower layers evolved into those of upper layers. However, this interpretation of the fossil record simply doesn't hold water. Fossils don't form over long periods of time. They must be buried quickly, with water and pressure. On top of that sedimentary rock layers are formed under water though the accululation of sediments on tje sea bed. Many such evidences point to a betrer interpretation of the fossil record being that of a global flood (i.e. the Genesis Flood account). Anyway, I have a lot more. But, I've already probably given you too much to respond to. I'll stop now and give you the chance to think and reply.
Well, no. I haven't given me anything to thing about, because I have heard those words thousands of time. Your perception of how scientific experiment is conducted is wrong, also you do not understand evolution (judging from this). I am not ignorant on this subject, I have and am studing it, I just wanted to know arguments that held your world view.
Instead of getting into debate with you here. With I will mot, because I do not engage in such activities on the net, because it takes too much time and is mever productive. The fact is creation has no evidence to back it with, evolution has more than enough. So I'm coming from with one has more evidence, I have worked in labs, I have worked in feild. The fact that you tell me that evolution is not testable has no evidence to back it up with. Only shows that you haven't done enough research and again, do not understand what scientific experiment is.
So, instead I'm going to recommend you a few books to read:
"Why Evolution Is True" - Jerry Coyne.
"Your Inner Fish" - Neil Shubin.
"Climbing Mount Improbable" - Richard Dawkins.
"The Extended Phenotype" - Richard Dawkins.
"The Blind Watchmaker" - Richard Dawkins.
"The Mismeasure of Man" -
Stephen Jay Gould.
"Evolution: What the fossils say and why it matters" - Donald Prothero.
P.S - Your dog analogy is flawed in so many ways that I couldn't even take it seriosly. It is laughable.
Great vid, love you IP
Faith is not Belive, faith is trust!!
No one I know in modern Christendom thinks of Faith as lacking evidence.
Or in historical Christendom either.
@grillywubsubler089 Indeed.
Most, if not all, of the Scientists of the Scientific Revolution were Christians who saw their faith as inseparable from their wonder at Science.
@@GhostBearCommander evidence for Christians is what the Bible says. The problem with Christian "apologists" is that they fish here and there partial evidences and present them as complete truths. There is only two ways to manipulate people : through fear or through hope. Religion uses both
Or, you know, historical evidence as well. Let's not throw the baby out with the bath water @@ketsune23
@@LadiacureBones what historical evidence? The Bible has been misuse for centuries making people believe it is a spiritual text about God when it is not. Specially in the Old Testament
This is even more true and relevant as time goes on.
Another well done video; loved the Flight reference!
Thank you for clearing up the passage about Jesus not being able to do many great works when he returned home. I hadn't heard a good answer about that until now and would love to hear more about how cultural things similar to that play out "behind the scenes" in scripture. (I remember one preacher mentioned something about a law of the Kinsmen Reedemer*?, but I never looked into it. Things like that give even more depth to the bible and if there are a sufficient enough amount I'd be excited to watch a series on it by you and your team!)
Awesome job again!
Thank you so much for this video IP! Faith has always been a hard thing to DEFINE in words for me, despite being a lifelong Christian! I always kinda saw it as a step above trust.
Wonderful work!
I believe because I am a witness. Humble yourself. God requires humble servants.
True, amen. People don't want to be humble, i know that. I was a humble person... but STILL there were resistence to God. So you might think you are humble, but it might not be so really.
If god is as all powerful as you apologist say then he dosent need anything.
He wants servants becasue hes a psychopath, and im glad its just myth.
@@TheFunGun5 14. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15. Henceforth *I call you not servants;* for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: *but I have called you friends;* for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
(John 15:14,15)
God does not need us like something that makes Him sufficent and complete. But God is love, and love wants to love. Pathetic attempt. How can someone who DIED for you be maniac?
@@sgorgardr227 Yeah, no. You cant use the bible to proove the bible. That's not how it works.
You might as well be quoting Harry Potter, accept those books have less contradictions.
@@TheFunGun5 "You cant use the bible to proove the bible. That's not how it works" - WHAT?! Listen, you just broke ALL possible logic. Then why you use Bible to attack Bible? Where you can actually use the Bible, can you answer?
You just gave the most pathetic answer possible. Even more pathetic that this miserable attempt you did before, it's SO bad. Sometimes it is even better to never say anything, rather that spewing nonesence.
You're just so much of a Bible hater, so you just can't take it. Suffer then, because you're just a hater, who basing off... what others say about Bible, without proof and any investigation, you just took it as given. Stupidity.
A very good job.
Seriously, I thought that in the XXI century everybody knew that Faith doesn't mean Blind Faith, but it seems like unfortunately there's still a lot of work to do.
Anybody who wishes to try to debunk Christianity will always interpret verses and words in a way that they want to and not by the actual context these are set in. Whenever you see a verse presented as something always read the chapter to ensure you understand the context. It applies to all the so called contradictions, virtually all are self evidently false and the rest make sense if you understand the original Hebrew or Greek or the actual historical and cultural context.
@@iain5615 Do you mean the 40,000+ different interpretations that are the various Christian denominations. You would think that an Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omnipowerful Creator could have been a bit clearer?
@@RickinHKG the request for clarity is always there. The basic premise is a demand for absolute proof. Yet that would strip us of our freewill as we would either.
1. Submit to God's will whether we wanted to or not. Coercion rather than freewill and love.
2. Rebel against an overlord that we would hate.
However, God wants us to have freewill, to decide for ourselves and to come to him through love. He has given enough guidance (scriptures) and evidence (historicity of the resurrection, etc.), it is just for us to make the decision if we want to accept the possibility of God and then open our hearts.
Science has absolutely no evidence for naturalism and how the universe, life or consciousness started, Even evolution shows that the early microbes were preprogrammed so that the genetic regulatory networks could be rewired when the environment changed to enable them to evolve. Wherever we look even at quantum fields, the fundamentals of spacetime, we find information which goes against all predictions of naturalism.
@@iain5615 Thank you for your reply. Articulate, intelligent and fair. You bring up many different ideas beyond the scope of Mr IP's topic for this video, and because this can lead to thread drift, and as much as I would like to discuss your ideas, I will not engage on those subjects. However, to further address your original point; it is purely subjective that you interpret the many and varied interpretations of not only the Christian faith but of the god concept in general as a test from whichever god you believe in. On the other hand, I see these many inconsistencies and lack of clarity as proof that the entire concept is man-made. I propose that is a far more logical position to take. Peace.
@@RickinHKG of course. We all experience life in different ways. I found my faith through science and then historical and archaeological evidence. No spiritual revelation, just following the breadcrumbs to what seemed the most logical explanation based on my predisposition to being open to God but with no belief in miracles. Others take a different turn. I hope life treats you well!!
Finally you're talking slow! Love it.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen...
In the context of Hebrews 11
@Jim Scott Fortunately we don't use faith as a reason to believe. We have faith because of evidence as the video made clear.
About 11 minutes into the video he explains why it's not blind
@Jim Scott Okay, so first off, just because I didn't present any evidence doesn't mean I don't have any. You didn't ask for any, you just made an assertion. Second, where did I even mention having a book I believe? Third, if you have evidence that a book is true, isn't it reasonable to believe it?
Jim Scott : 9/11 is not a good example to determine the veracity of Islam .talk about Muslims all you want but if you want to talk about the religion then you ought to have reasonable knowledge of it ,at least that’s what honest people do .
reason + belief = faith. Belief without reason = superstition
Superstition = Christianity
Edit: I guess there is a reason but that doesn’t mean it’s a good one by that definition you could say believing that being at your favorite sports teams games helps them because they seem to do better when you’re there, or that Zeus is real because you see lightning, both of which you would probably consider superstition ,so maybe you would want to swap reason with evidence which is also much more similar to the definition given in the video but as far as I know there isn’t any definitive evidence of god which would still mean
Superstition = Christianity
@@luna010 no
@@luna010 imagine believeing you came from nothing. Your delusional
Superstition is belief
@@unclefungus6947 no one says that ever anywhere
great video man !
Faith isn't blind, it simply sees differently.
"Blessed are those who have not seen, yet believe"
That’s literally the definition of blind faith... the quote
@@Nexus-ub4hs Did you consider WHY Jesus told Thomas that?
@@samuelhunter4631 educate us
Great video.
Amen. Now I know even more things to defend my faith.
Great video!
Can’t believe an “intellectual” would claim that having private faith is somehow evil.
@Killa 701 That isn’t what he said. He said that having the option to say “I just have faith” in the face of any and all evidence against your position is evil, because you could believe evil things with no way to realize the truth. It’s perfectly fine to have private faith because you think it’s justified by the evidence, but are open to changing your mind on the subject if that faith were broken when tested by evidence.
I wouldn’t use the word “evil” myself, but I definitely agree with Dawkins on the substance of his argument.
Kevin Allen I would agree also... Dawkin’s problem is he doesn’t understand faith in the same sense that Christians do. Also, he fails to see how faith plays a role in his own views.
This is Richard Dawkins we're talking about, even skeptics rightfully distance themselves from his intellectually bankrupt delusions.
@@ericb.1384 What delusions?
@@ericb.1384 Like, Richard is a smart man, no doubt about that, but he sometimes says shit that are pretty stupid. Like how in response to the Quran's verse about the two seas, he compared the seas... to cups of water. Yes, I'm dead serious.
Thank God for your channel
Thank you. Good subject... "By faith is meant, first, conscious knowledge, and second, the practice of good deeds." - Abdu’l-Baha, Baha’i World Faith
Nicely presented! Thanks IP
Wonderful work and well worth each of us meditating on it. When one considers that such loyalty (pistin) in even the smallest amount (of a mustard seed) that that faith cause incredible results (i.e. "move mountains" in this example Matt 17:20).
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR VIDEOS.
Go kiss the hands which made it 😂 🤣
Love your video like i love you IP :) Thanks
In short, pistis is not about epistemology but allegiance or conviction.
If faith is belief without evidence, then how would ANYONE come to put their faith in Christ? Don't we need evidence to come to believe something? Interesting how we call someone sharing their journey to the Christian faith their "testimony," which Merriam-Webster defines as "firsthand authentication of a fact : EVIDENCE." The very vocabulary Christians use attests to the fact that we do weigh the evidence!
Well done, sir!
Even before getting into apologetics, I had faith in God because I believed that he was a proven entity, and atheists just hated God so they denied him. I never had blind faith.
God is far from proven
@@rickojay7536 Right I know that, I'm saying before going into apologetics that was my mindset.
Cheers for the vid IP! Not just because it does well to refute a silly atheist objection, but because it's a further reminder for myself to trust God, and believe he will come through based on what I've witnessed him do before. I'm going through a situation which seems really uncertain so I've been telling myself every minute to trust God simply to come through
I note that the subscribers were a hundred thousand a few days ago and now it is a hundred twenty two thousand. God blesses the work of his hands.
Good video. I think the problem a lot of the time is that some people only accept a very specific subset of evidence (science, I guess), and dismiss the rest as "just faith".
Hey IP, great video! I'm looking forward to your debate with David Fitzgerald. I'll be praying for you to have patience and wisdom with this mythicist.
I wonder if Dawkins thinks his blind faith in Scientism is dangerous. There is no scientific evidence supporting his belief that "truth can ONLY be determined by science" so it's a self-refuting philosophy. He has chosen a very foolish belief to have blind faith in, given there's a 100% chance it's wrong.
"O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever and for revealing them to the childlike."
Matthew 11:25
The irony in this verse is impeccable
I really needed that today. Praise the Lord!
This is VERY instructive!!!... shared and much appreciated!!!
Very good video and explanation
Good video. I agree. Scripture teaches one to have faith like a child, not to have blind faith (I Thess 5:21)
Thats was pretty awesome
Outstanding explanation
Bless you brother
People need to be weary of what they say cause I doubt any
Of them looked up what the word faith actually means.
What are the live-action images of Jesus and the disciples you use from? I assume from some sort of Biblical tv series or something, but I can’t seem to find these specific actors in clips.
Neither can I.
great video
It's also important that the OT lays the foundation of GOD being faithful. Our faith is derived from God's faithfulness. No blind faith necessary.
"Blessed are those who believe though they do not see".
faith is 'pistis:' substance, reality, reliability
so no faith is not blind and is based on evidence
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
In every story in the Bible, I can think of those who have faith, have been given some evidence beforehand. Noahs ark God told him. Peter walking on water he saw Jesus do it first. Etc.
God did not tell anyone. The Bible was mistranslated first by certain Jewish groups into the Septuagint then by Christians when using it to translate the Bible into Latin. Peter was a criminal he killed Ananias and Sapphira.
Scripture tells us exactly how faith comes to be and that it is a gift. The dictionary tells a different story but the word seemingly has a very limited history in terms of secular use. We always need to be careful when we use words like faith, love, sin, that we are doing so consistently within the context they are found in Scripture great video thank you for the work you do.
How exactly do you believe there is life after death ?
@@rickojay7536 Ricko jay did you read my comment?
you are asking the wrong person the wrong question.....
Hello, man. I am a teen and a naive agnostic (chose this position because I felt like it's correct (which is a wrong way to create the worldview, I know)). What do you think of agnosticism and do you have some videos on this topic? ty
Hello, I have made videos on why I think God exists, if that helps: th-cam.com/video/iFEBOGLjuq4/w-d-xo.html
They're just gonna construe your thoughts and say that "loyalty" can't exist without evidence. They won't accept the fact we do have evidence. This is why I appreciate your videos, you'll offer the evidence so they can determine it themselves, but it's just sad to see those who are always gonna be hostile to God's Word.
Abrahamic religions demand blind obedience through fear and hope. That is what blind faith is. It is impossible to argue with members of such religions when facing the truth they show hate and anger or they just ignore you to keep leaving their brainwash fantasy. I know this because I experienced it and as a former Christian I never saw the truth so clearly. There is nothing more unfortunate than live in a distorted interpretation of reality. Rejecting the Bible or the Quran or any other holy book makes no one an atheist. This is a lie propagated by Abrahamic religions because they also are exclusivist and it makes them extremely dangerous in educating people into fanaticism. Most people have an emotional attachment to their holy book and that is why they cant reason.
Okay, it’s official. Mike Jones is now my #1 apologetics channel!
can you please delineate how 1 Peter 1:6-7 means loyalty? I am confused because i keep coming back to the Ephesians verse "...salvation is by grace through faith (assuming here it is also pistis)..." you know the verse. Why is it loyalty here and not there? Isn't loyalty considered something I actively do on my part?? If so, wouldn't that fly in the face of the Ephesians verse? Am I totally off base? Thanks and your videos are amazing.
I like the word trust better than Faith . Faith seems to imply just a hope and trust seems to imply evidence ..based on relationship and certainty of results. Evidence that demands a verdict.
What is the background music for this vid?
Would you make a video on the Five Ways of Saint Thomas Aquinas? They are probably some of the best arguments for the existence of God.
The case well built on scriptures
@Anton kruglyk And Harry Potter faith would not be blind by that logic, so your faith not being blind doesn’t mean much, it seems.
@Anton kruglyk A lot of Christians give verses from scripture to support the idea that blind faith is good. It’s a problem of the vagueness of the Bible more than anything else, as can be seen by the many different Christian denominations that exist. Dawkins is only referring to the ones that do tout faith as a self-justifying thing that should be protected against the harmful influence of Satan’s evidence and reason.
@Anton kruglyk Dawkins is only talking about the large number of Christians who do take that particular interpretation, not what the Bible “says”.
Judging what interpretation is most reasonable falls apart when “God doesn’t like religious wars” is part of your “reasonable” interpretation. Most theistic interpretations are in fact much less reasonable than atheist interpretations, and less convoluted.
Because Dawkins has stated that NO evidence will ever be enough for him to believe in God, might he finally have reached the level of blasphemy that might be handled better by turning him over to Satan? Should we even use Paul as our example in this matter? Maybe you can do a video on Hymenaeus and Alexander, or the blasphemer Paul cautioned the Corinthian church about. Does such an extreme act apply only to blasphemers in the body?
Excellent.
Faith is the work of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit reveals the truth (evidence) of the True God. Great lesson
When we trust God to do something we are no longer anxious about what he hasn't done yet. As we see it. Everything is in God and only waiting manifestation in us. That is trust.
Amen brother!