Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Blind Faith

This is a most interesting topic.
Blind faith - some also know it as "fideism."
Do I, or rather, do Christians have "blind faith" in God, where we throw all reason and logic to the wind and abandon all thoughts? Do we really take everything that is spoon fed to us in Bible Study, VBS, or even our own pastors/priests/leaders?

Unfortunately, yes. SOME do, but don't lose hope, not all.
I have witnessed from time to time, a point where a Christian's faith has morphed into fanaticism. All they could do is spout what was inserted into their brains from the day they started going to church, and nothing was ever discovered on their own.

Personally, I don't think I have blind faith. Some might say it's illogical to believe in a God you can't see, touch, or hear (which some may argue is not true), but basically that having faith is illogical. Oh, how wrong they are. Faith is not illogical, nor unreasonable, but this can be saved for another day. I want to get back into why I don't think I have blind faith.
1. I have a very personal experience with me and God, that nobody else can refute but myself.
2. There are many corroborative evidences that point towards the existence of a personal Creator, and Jesus as a real person that lived in human history. (note: I said corroborative)
Basically, these are all the reasons for me. I, personally can't deny that God hasn't been involved in my life and neither can the world.

Still, how harmful can blind faith be? Well, for one, you can't defend blind faith. "/ yeah, bummer.
Seriously though, you can't, because you're just taking what someone else told you and regurgitating it over and over again. If you haven't done your own thinking and started your journey towards coming to terms with your very personal God, get on it. God wants a very unique relationship with each and everyone of us. He is not a generic, one size fits all kind of God. Go search that personal relationship with Him, and then you'll be ever better equipped to stand firm in your faith. If you don't truly know who you believe in, how can you ever defend Him?
Think about it.

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