I just watched a clip from tonight's Nightline where Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort (both Christians) attempt to argue with atheists about the existence of God. They do so because they claim to have irrefutable, scientific proof of his existence, that doesn't have to be explained with faith or Scripture.
From what I've seen, they have no such evidence, a fact pointed out repeatedly during the segment. My question is, "Why can't faith be faith?" Why do we feel the need to prove everything? I'm not advocating just being spoon-fed with no reason or attempt at personal understanding. I'm an intellectual person, I'm aware of logical falacies and debate procedure. But I think the moment we try to strip the mystical part of our relationship with God away, we lose something.
Our relationship with God goes beyond a set of propositional truths. There is a metaphysical portion to what we believe, how we live, how we love, and I'm just not comfortable trying to quantify that. Am I crazy? Am I being irrational? I'd love to hear some feedback on this.
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Well, I am not intellectual so I have no idea what you just said. :)Just kidding. Well, kind of.
ReplyDeleteJeremy watched the Discovery and History channel just as much I watch reality tv. Anyway, it seems that there is so much on those channels these days trying to prove the case of Christ. They always show both sides to the case. The show ends with no resolve. What is faith if everything is proven?!
If we can prove everything, our faith means nothing. If God would have shown me everything about Austin and everything about RC before we moved, faith would not have been required.
You are so smart Kyle that I feel dumb just commenting so I hope I wrote something that made sense.
P.S. I like their show. I like seeing what people say about Jesus. I don't agree with all of what Ted or Kirk say, but I appreciate their boldness and I truly believe that at times we have to be bold witnesses for Christ. That may sound churchy, but I think it's true.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first started to discover what Faith is and not rationalizing it or analyzing it, I found this quote in our Hutto Newspaper and it helped me so much..
ReplyDelete"Faith is commonly known as a belief, trust or confidence not based on Logic or Reason, but based on a transpersonal relationship with God, a higher power, elements of nature and/or a perception of the human race as a whole...." I'll put the rest on my blog if you're want to read it. I LOVED IT, COPIED IT AND STUCK IT ON MY FRIDGE! It really helps me. :o)
Not that you need definitions! :o)
Gina