Faith as I think of it is believing the unknown possibilities of the impossible being impossible, be it whether there is an explainable reasoning that could be understood, or when there is one but could not be understood, or when there is absolutely none at all. Eg: The possibility of a God of the most high by mere love so unfailing for his creation coming down to their level to help them, even die for them despite knowing the fact that for many, his death will be in vain. The possibility of being healed of a sickness with absolutely no explanation but, "it's done by God." The power of prayer and faith that can move a mountain though no one done literal mountain moving before. Yet I believe it and know its true. Is it blind faith? Well, yes. I think it is too. I don't know entirely what I'm believing in because I cannot explain why it really is this way besides giving answers like, God loves us, I'm weak but God is strong.
Then there is the other argument that it isn't blind faith. All that happens and governs the round-a-bouts of Christianity simply revolve around the word love. Because God loves -(fillintheblank). And that love is simply the reason why we believe in Christ. Evidence that is good enough for us. (Or so some says)
Is blind faith bad? Well I don't think so. Why would blind faith be bad? Going down to the roots of why would blind faith be bad. I think it's because of the insecurity. When one has been alleged as having a blind faith in something, blindly believing.. believing in something that one does not have full knowledge about or any knowledge at all in that area . And when you come to think of it, why would the issue of blind faith even matter when it is brought up? What bad does it do? If extreme evidence is required that someone believes, does that makes a person any less than a person who does not requires evidence or the other way round?
I was watching a movie yesterday about a wife expecting the husband to trust her that she will surely remain faithful to him even though the nature of work that she is doing (a high ranking policewoman) would require a lot of interaction, and a fair lot with men, especially her "partner" in the police force is a men. The funny thing in that "trust" is the essential element is blind faith. A trust in the lady that she will not cheat on him. The husband has no records, nothing. The woman has never been married before, he has little/no knowledge of her past relationships (which is not surprising because guys don't like to know that) No knowledge of being able to say she will not cheat me.
Our belief in Christ, his resurrection, his healing, his power. It's not like we even know how it works, sometimes we even question him in the face. We ourselves are amazed at how it happened. Blindly believing it though you never seen it. How bad can it be?
I was watching a movie yesterday about a wife expecting the husband to trust her that she will surely remain faithful to him even though the nature of work that she is doing (a high ranking policewoman) would require a lot of interaction, and a fair lot with men, especially her "partner" in the police force is a men. The funny thing in that "trust" is the essential element is blind faith. A trust in the lady that she will not cheat on him. The husband has no records, nothing. The woman has never been married before, he has little/no knowledge of her past relationships (which is not surprising because guys don't like to know that) No knowledge of being able to say she will not cheat me.
Our belief in Christ, his resurrection, his healing, his power. It's not like we even know how it works, sometimes we even question him in the face. We ourselves are amazed at how it happened. Blindly believing it though you never seen it. How bad can it be?
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