Another Atheist is confused concerning Christian "faith" and uses an influential servant of Satan to under gird their misunderstanding.
Atheist statement: I use Matt Delahunty from The Atheist Experiences definition of faith: ..... Faith is the excuse people give for believing something when they don't have a good reason.
Christian response...
Christian faith is logical, reasonable. The faith you define is the initiating faith that leads to assured faith for the one willing to humble them self and believe that God is true. For one to know God personally, they must first be willing to internalize the preliminary evidence provided in the supernatural World that engulfs us 24/7 (Romans 1:18-32) and then step-out in "faith" and diligently pursue this Designer-Creator...when one does this in a searching faith with a sincere heart, our Creator reciprocates (Jeremiah 29:11-13).
When our Creator reciprocates, a relationship is initiated and when that relationship comes to fruition, you receive the Holy Spirit who takes-up residence within you (Ephesians 1:13) and the preliminary-searching faith expressed to initiate the relationship becomes substantive faith that is under girded by experiential faith which is more accurately defined as blessed assurance or abiding faith. The true Christian who has experienced the rebirth as a result of grace through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord, this Christian is absolutely assured that their faith is valid and the presence of God's love, power, dominion, strength, joy, peace, rules and reigns within them forever (Galatians 5:22-23; John 10:27-30).
Unfortunately, the Atheist is spiritually dead, lost and living without hope; therefore, the things of God do NOT resonate with them; in fact, they seem as foolishness because God's reality is spiritual and the carnal atheist is natural in their Darwinian delusion and the atheist will ultimately die in their naturalism and suffer the second death in Hell for their spiritual blindness and alliance with God's nemesis, Satan (1 Corinthians 2:14; 2 Corinthians 4:4; John 8:24; Revelation 20:11-15)
As an aside...
When you idolize servants of Satan like Delahunty, Harris, Ra, Dawkins, Hitchens, Gervais, you put another paver in the road of perdition for yourself. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man...especially those who are pointing you to death in Hell (Psalm 118:8).
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"I am in a relationship with Mary from the other group!"
"Really?! How did it happen?"
"Well, uh, it happened."
"Did you kiss already?"
"No, not yet."
"Did you, at least, go out for a date?"
"Soon, definitely."
"Wait, so did you actually interact in any way?"
"Well, you know, I saw her on a break between classes and said Hi to her."
"That is it?"
"Yes, for now."
"That is not a relationship, ."
"But I like her, and she obviously likes me as well. It will happen!"
"Does she even know your name?"
"She will eventually!"
"..."
In those cases though, at least we were talking about real, tangible girls one can touch with their hands. Here you are talking about a relationship with a being that does not even exist. When is the first imaginary date, Rickey? With a picnic on the clouds?
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Your whole argument is circular and just more repetitive B S try a new one maybe?
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**** it would not matter, Dee...you are unable to understand. Sorry.
Oh but I do understand that your arguments are circular and this invalid , the problem for you is you do not understand which is probably due to your poor education
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**** it would not matter, Dee...you are unable to understand. Sorry.
Oh but I do understand that your arguments are circular and thus invalid , the problem for you is you do not understand which is probably due to your poor education
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