“But Faith is only as good as the OBJECT of your faith. Yes, faith is the basis of Christianity, but it has to be faith based on good evidence and reason, not just faith alone.”
No it doesn’t have to be based on “good evidence” and “reason.” Paul said it real well when he said what he preached was foolishness to the Greeks. And it was foolish to the Greeks. Some guy gets executed, you think he’s come back to life and if you believe in him you will live forever. Yes, the Greeks of that day were ROTFLTAO.
Yet, Paul and millions of other people believe. Instead of Santa, think of “love.” Could you prove that “love” exists? Would not the easier argument be that sexual love is based on hormones, and that family love is based on a genetic tilt in favor of preserving your gene pool.
And, you will never really know if there is such a thing as “love”, until and unless it happens to you. So, have you ever felt that feeling? If so, and I am assuming you are a male, is there really any evidence that one female is somehow special when compared to all the other females in existence?
Probably not the kind of evidence you are seeking here, for a belief in Jesus, or God. But, in your own heart, you know what you know. If you have been in love, you know it is something different, and it fills you up.
Try to explain it to me with “evidence” and “reason.” You can’t. I can relate only if I have felt love.
And if you have never felt love, and do not distinguish it from some really hot sex, is your mind closed to the possibility that such a thing exists? If it is, you may never find it. If you are open to the possibility, you may.
parsy.