"As for Faith, I guarantee you that you operate in faith every day beyond what you can see. You go to work and operate on a budget based on the faith that you will be paid a certain amount of money for your efforts." Based on past factually verifiable experiences.
"You don't see that money ahaid of time, but you have faith that it will be there based on a promise." Based on past factually verifiable experiences.
"We make plans days even months ahead of time with the faith that we will be here in the morning." Based on past factually verifiable experiences.
"We accept things that are taught to us in school about things that happened and people who existed long before we ever existed." Based on past factually verifiable experiences.
"People live in faith beyond what they can see, we have to, it's just a matter of what we put our faith in." Past, factually verifiable experiences?
I don't know that the sun will actually rise tomorrow, and I go to sleep at night relishing the fact that it might not. But based on past experiences, it will. I don't call that faith god. I call it having faith in my past sensory experiences of the sun rising at a particular time of day, everyday. That's the faith I'm talking about, it is the most minimal amount necessary for my continued day to day existence. I don't dispute the need for faith in some form, just the amount required.
There is no tangible proof of god to my knowledge, and until there is, I cannot operate (make future plans etc.) based on a lack of past factually verifiable experiences. Maybe that's a problem with my particular world view that makes a distinction between past, present, and future, but I've made it this far with a minimum amount of faith (call me solipsistic if you must) and am happy and enjoy my life and family and friends, and they would say the same. What more is needed?
Past and Present Tense
"As for Faith, I guarantee you that you operate in faith every day beyond what you can see. You go to work and operate on a budget based on the faith that you will be paid a certain amount of money for your efforts." Based on past factually verifiable experiences.
"You don't see that money ahaid of time, but you have faith that it will be there based on a promise." Based on past factually verifiable experiences.
"We make plans days even months ahead of time with the faith that we will be here in the morning." Based on past factually verifiable experiences.
"We accept things that are taught to us in school about things that happened and people who existed long before we ever existed." Based on past factually verifiable experiences.
"People live in faith beyond what they can see, we have to, it's just a matter of what we put our faith in." Past, factually verifiable experiences?
I don't know that the sun will actually rise tomorrow, and I go to sleep at night relishing the fact that it might not. But based on past experiences, it will. I don't call that faith god. I call it having faith in my past sensory experiences of the sun rising at a particular time of day, everyday. That's the faith I'm talking about, it is the most minimal amount necessary for my continued day to day existence. I don't dispute the need for faith in some form, just the amount required.
There is no tangible proof of god to my knowledge, and until there is, I cannot operate (make future plans etc.) based on a lack of past factually verifiable experiences. Maybe that's a problem with my particular world view that makes a distinction between past, present, and future, but I've made it this far with a minimum amount of faith (call me solipsistic if you must) and am happy and enjoy my life and family and friends, and they would say the same. What more is needed?