There's knowing... and there's faith. Which one would you rather have?

Knowing. IMHO knowing reflects objective, God-created reality. E.g., I know a zebra has black and white stripes; no act of faith is required on my part; the zebra exists whether I believe God created it or not; and it has the stripes whether I believe it or not. Faith, on the other hand, is subjective—dependent on each human individual's choices and actions.

Why do I say God created the zebra? Because I observe the objective fact that nothing creates itself or has ever done so. Some outside force, logically, therefore must have created it. There's no rational way to talk about an entity that exists outside the universe of all things that exist; so we anthropomorphize the Creative Force and name it God in order to discuss it.

However, since objectively knowing God exists and that the Christ-nature is within us is off the table, that leaves faith: belief without knowing.

There's knowing... and there's faith. Which one would you rather have?

Knowing. IMHO knowing reflects objective, God-created reality. E.g., I know a zebra has black and white stripes; no act of faith is required on my part; the zebra exists whether I believe God created it or not; and it has the stripes whether I believe it or not. Faith, on the other hand, is subjective—dependent on each human individual's choices and actions.

Why do I say God created the zebra? Because I observe the objective fact that nothing creates itself or has ever done so. Some outside force, logically, therefore must have created it. There's no rational way to talk about an entity that exists outside the universe of all things that exist; so we anthropomorphize the Creative Force and name it God in order to discuss it.

However, since objectively knowing God exists and that the Christ-nature is within you is off the table, that leaves faith: belief without knowing.

There's knowing... and there's faith. Which one would you rather have?

Knowing. IMHO knowing reflects objective, God-created reality. E.g., I know a zebra has black and white stripes; no act of faith is required on my part; the zebra exists whether I believe God created it or not; and it has the stripes whether I believe it or not. Faith is subjective—dependent on each human individual's choices and actions.

Why do I say God created the zebra? Because I observe the objective fact that nothing creates itself or has ever done so. Some outside force, logically, therefore must have created it. There's no rational way to talk about an entity that exists outside the universe of all things that exist; so we anthropomorphize the Creative Force and name it God in order to discuss it.

However, since objectively knowing God exists and that the Christ-nature is within you is off the table, that leaves faith: belief without knowing.

There's knowing... and there's faith. Which one would you rather have?

Knowing. IMHO knowing reflects objective reality. (E.g., I know a zebra has black and white stripes; no act of faith is required on my part; and it has them whether I believe it or not.) Faith is subjective (dependent on each human individual's choices and actions).

However, since objectively knowing God's Christ-nature is within you is off the table, that leaves faith, which is belief without knowing.

There's knowing... and there's faith. Which one would you rather have?

Knowing. IMHO knowing reflects objective reality, rather than being subjective (dependent on the human individual's choices and actions).

However, since knowing is off the table, that leaves faith, which is belief without knowing.