Originally Posted by DBT


ttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faith
1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to God
(2) : belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion
b(1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (clinging to the faith that her missing son would one day return)


The irrational minds of many Christians is starkly evident when they put faith/belief in their futile prayers for a personally desired outcome

they pray to change the path of tornadoes or stop the eruption of volcanoes, or for their crops not to fail,

they pray for their stockmarket share price to go up, or to win lotteries , court cases , or elections, etc

Many millions prayed to no avail that there family members would come home safe and well from WW1 and WW2
simply because they didn't trust the fate that their God already had instore for them.
[ie]...a bullet, grenade, landmine of shell shrapnel fragment ,with their family members name on it.

Not surprisingly , these are the same types that believe in ancient stories of virgin births, talking snakes and donkeys,
and 3 day dead corpses coming back to life.


Originally Posted by antelope_sniper


..., there are "Philosophical Christians" who don't believe in any of the supernatural claims of the Bible, but see it entirely as allegory

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One is deemed a heretic by some if they don't believe the earth is 6000 yrs old and that dinosaurs were loaded
onto a mythical Noahs Ark or that a ghost impregnated a woman.

-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.