Is faith a good thing?

[AndrésC64]

YES

NO

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I should have also asked if you can define faith as you use it.

[Daniela1982]

Unless you have faith you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 17:20-21 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have the faith of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

[AndrésC64]

Is more faith better than little faith?

[Daniela1982]

"Yee of little faith, How much longer must I contend with you?" Does that sound like less is better?

[AndrésC64]

Can you define Faith as you use it? I just want to make sure that we are on the same page.

[Daniela1982]

Faith is believing in something that may or may not be true. For instance. No one can prove whether there is a God or not. But Christians have faith that there is. Hebrews 11 states that “Faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.”

“Now without faith it is impossible to please God, since the one who draws near to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him."

These definitions are backed up by examples of faith throughout centuries of Bible history. Each person in the list acted with true faith, and as a result God approved them. He accepted them as his own and saved a place for them in eternity with him. The faith-filled actions of these people range from simple words they spoke to the giving of their very life. This shows us that faith permeates every area of our life and every act of faith holds weight with God.
Ephesians 2: 8-9 "For by faith we are saved by God's grace, and not by anything we can do to earn it. It is a gift of God, not of our good deeds or anything we can brag about" *paraphrased

[AndrésC64]

But I can use faith to believe literally anything. I can use faith to believe I'm going to win the Powerball, that doesn't make it true.

[Daniela1982]

It's not really faith if there is any doubt.

[AndrésC64]

So you don't have faith?

[AndrésC64]

Disregard the above

[menina]

Yes I believe it is. Whether it's religious faith or faith in the sense of believing in something or in someone.

I define it as a motivation or as something that you can see yourself doing or getting even if it's not real yet.

[HippieVeganJewslim]

All the people who got sent to Paradise did so because they were (and are) faithful. Faith is definitely a good thing. The way of life is to be faithful.

[NathanDavis]

for me, yes... if I didn't have it, I would not be here today

[XXblack88]

Yes it is. It keeps you going even when life throws you a curveball

[AndrésC64]

So just having faith in and of itself is a good thing? Like would my faith in winning the Powerball or being elected King of the universe also be good?

[XXblack88]

@AndrésC64 well that's not realistic winning the Power ball is slim.

[AndrésC64]

But how realistic is an eternal, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, invisible being that exists outside of space and time? And how is existing outside of space and time possible? Something that exists at no point in space, equals something that exists nowhere, equals something that doesn't exist. Something that exists at no point in time, equals something that never exists, equals something that doesn't exist.

[XXblack88]

@AndrésC64 I'm not a church person. The point in having faith is knowing he's there without physically seeing him.

[AndrésC64]

Well it doesn't matter whether you're a church person or not. Those things that I said above are what you believe, are they not?

I'm not trying to be argumentative here, believe it or not. :-) I'm just trying to get you to examine your beliefs and what I see as

[AndrésC64]

... I see as insurmountable hurdles to believe.

[XXblack88]

@AndrésC64 yeah it is my belief. But I don't want to get in a fight with you I've seen enough of your post on here to know you don't believe in God. I'll respect that.

[Daniela1982]

Guess who created time and space? Time is man's invention. To an eternal being time means squat.

[AndrésC64]

Humans didn't invent time. Time is part of our universe.

[Daniela1982]

Time is not needed without someone to count passing time.

[AndrésC64]

Doesn't matter whether it's needed, time has existed since the beginning of the universe.

[Daniela1982]

I already explained that to an eternal being there is no such thing as time. How do you keep time of forever?

[AndrésC64]

How do you have zero time?

[BlacklightShade]

I won't use faith to believe in things that cannot be proven.

[petitedollbabee]

We all have faith in something, not always religion.

[AndrésC64]

Well, that depends on how you define faith.

[petitedollbabee]

I view faith as something that keeps you motivated and wanting to push forward, rather than just religious faith, there are other kinds of faith. Faith in your friends and family, faith that you will find happiness, faith that you will have everything you want one day, etc.

[AndrésC64]

That sounds like trust and hope. Are they the same thing?

[petitedollbabee]

I believe hope and faith are basically the same thing.

[AndrésC64]

But again, I can hope to win the Powerball, but I have little faith that I will.

[Snsl153]

It depends on what it is that you have faith in, but quite often it isn't.

[itsmegrave]

Faith can be useful in some situations but it can also be dangerous and harmful. In what way do you feel it has been helpful for you so far?

[jshm2]

Obviously. It's a fundamental to trust.

A person without faith, is one without trust, and not worthy of being trusted.

Hence why few people trust atheists.

[AndrésC64]

So if you don't trust me, that means you aren't worthy of being trusted.

And I need a citation for your claim that few people trust atheists.

[OddBeMe]

No, its not good to believe things without evidence.

[boredgal]

you gotta have faith.

[AndrésC64]

Why?

[Andres77]

It’s powerful

[AndrésC64]

But is it good?

[Andres77]

If things happen before you beaver let it be soonne

[EnglishEuropean]

If it's faith in yourself, then yes.

[strateguy632]

yes!