The Light of Faith
March 21, 2010
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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. - C.S. Lewis
Alister McGrath, Professor of Theology at King’s College, London, expands upon Lewis’s quote in the introduction of his 2004 book Creation
These words help us understand why faith in God is so important to seeing and understanding the world, and our place within it…Neither the world, nor we ourselves, are accidental or pointless. Nor do we simply inhabit God’s creation as if we could be indifferent to its beauty.
As Christians, we believe the orderliness and consistency of God’s world are the foundations for the success of the natural sciences. In turn, the exquisite beauty of Creation, brought to light by the methods of science, gives us an expanded view of God’s character and leads us to praise.
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March 23rd 2010
There is plenty of evidence to support the notion that the car brakes will work: direct observation of the brakes working yesterday, other cars of the same model have functional brakes, etc. Yes it is not 100% certain. Please tell me anything that is 100% certain. From what it sounds like, your definition of faith is just believing something. If that’s your definition then fine. I’m just saying that definition is personalized to mean something different than what dictionary.com’s definition is.
Again, your definition means we have faith in everything (I have faith that the sky is blue, I have faith that the earth revolves around the sun, etc). I don’t think this definition of faith is really practical as it cannot distinguish a belief supported by, unsupported by, or refuted by evidence.
Reply to this commentOctober 20th 2011
A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two
watches is never quite sure.
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