Quote:
Originally Posted by MS Fowler
It is NOT a Leap of Faith!!!
That is a Kierkegaard term It is completely irrational, or even beyond reason, and not at all descriptive of Biblical Faith.
It is not a blind leap off the side of the mountain in the hope that there is a ledge just below. It is a response based on knowledge that God is trustworthy in all cases where I can verify, and therefore it is reasonable to extend that trust into areas that are not immediately verifiable.
|
I don't want to talk about Kierkegaard, ration or irration. To believe a god is good who allows the rape and murder of 400,000 and the displacement and gradual death by starvation and disease of another 2.5 million in a place like Darfur, and to further believe that that god somehow has some inscrutable "plan" that we aren't allowed to be privy to requires not the extension of trust you describe, but a HUGE leap of faith as far as I can see. I see no reason to believe that if this human-shaped and human-acting god really is out there, he gives even the teensiest crap about you, or me.
__________________
You're a daisy if you do.
__________________________________
84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting