If we recognize that in order to draw conclusions about matters of this sort, we must ask questions not
answered by faith in any direct way, the tone of our debates can be improved.
Not exact matches
I will have to live my whole life surrounded
by a world filled with mental midgets who have fooled themselves that
faith and belief
in deities is the
answer instead of using their minds to work out problems, study science and figure out how we leave this planet when it becomes inhabitable
in 4 billion years.
You are dishonest to yourself if you do not acknowledge that this is possible: You where
by your own acount
in a stressfull state and you had been raised
in a christian family, associated with a fundamentalist church, attended bible college, proffesing christianity for years and looking for
answers in your church and
faith.
all things were created
by nothing with nothing and for nothing... that takes more
faith than i have... i prefer to believe
in Jesus Christ — the one and only who rose from the dead — the most astounding historical fact ever recorded; Christians don't have all the
answers but as the author Don Miller noted: «I can no more understand the complexity of God than the pancakes I made for breakfast can understand the complexity of me»
is asked and
answered not
in esoteric speculation but through everyday experience illuminated
by faith» through our receptivity to the world around us, through our bodies united with our souls.
So many issues that Mahoney raises have already been
answered by Edward Holloway
in his Catholicism: a New Synthesis and other writings published
by Faith movement.
And, as Pope Benedict again has said, this fundamental question, which isa question we have to
answer with our intelligence sustained
by the light of
faith, is that if we discern reason
in the world,
in nature - if nature is understandable - the question arises; where does this come from?
Cf. «Theistic Verification»
in The Living God, edited
by D. Kirkpatrick, (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1971), pp. 48ff; «Can the Theologian Legitimately Try to
Answer the Question: Is the Christian
Faith True?»
Although we have proceeded with this discussion
in a structure much simpler than that of Professor Paul Tillich, we shall attempt what he calls a «method of correlation,» whereby man's existential questions are met
by the
answers of our Christian
faith.
For the Christian tradition, the
answer is
faith, hope, and charity, as embodied especially
in the Church's liturgical practices and articulated
by her theological tradition.
The German - American thinker Paul Tillich, who died only a few years ago, believed that the Christian
faith could only be rightly understood when it was recognized as providing the «
answer» — not of course
in words or propositions but
in the reality which is behind such statements — to the «problems» which are posed
by human existence as such.
Significantly too, it was
in this context — as an
answer to the social problem of relations between the circumcised and the uncircumcised
in the church and not as a solution to individual guilt and fear of judgment — that Paul first wrote the formula, «justification
by faith and not
by the works of the law» (Galatians 2:16).
we have to unite
by finding a common ground, scientific theology is the
answer, we have to believe that all religions belongs to Him, the god who created scientifically and beyond any reasonable doubt that all came from the big bang 13.7 billion years ago.we evolved later to bcome what we are, the evolution of different religious
faith in the past is just part of the evolutionary process, but all is under His guidance
by evolutionary will.we are part of Him,
On the other hand, since the nonbeliever is
by no means the only person excluded from the social and political order
in which the traditional witness of
faith is implicated, to think of theology as having to give
answer to the questions of the nonperson is more likely to take account of all those to whom theology owes a serious response.
Foundational theology, rooted and grounded
in God's revelation
in the past, is a historical mode of reflection that,
by exploring the origins of the Christian
faith community, attempts to
answer for each generation the fundamental question of what it is to be Christian.
[1] Kevin J Flannery SJ
FAITH Magazine November - December 2006 An
Answer to William Charlton
by Kevin L Flannery SJ A Response
by William Charlton Responding to William Charlton
In the May - June issue of...
The
answers usually proffered for what we see as basic logical flaws
in Christianity — «you have been blinded
by your lack of
faith» «God moves
in mysterious ways» «God is outside the Universe» or «our minds are too small to understand the greatness of God» are never satisfying to us.
Who are we to judge what God does or allows he has his reasons who can fathom his ways he sees the end from the beginning and is not limited to time or space like we are.Does God want anything the
answer is Yes he wants a relationship with us that is why he sent his son because he had a purpose
in creating us.However the wages of sin is death
in this scripture alone regardless of what happens here we all deserve to die God could have wiped us all out with another flood for who of us is worthy.It is
by grace that we live and yes bad things do happen to good people just as it does for the wicked is it to test our
faith i do not know but i do know that God gives us the grace to endure through trials and difficulty and that all things do work for Good if we love him..
In spite of his acute sensitivity to Christian claims of superiority, then, Williams does affirm that the rise of Christian
faith answers questions left to us
by Judaism and which Judaism itself does not
answer.
It is received
by faith alone, not
by some
answering love
in man.
Faith also means «Without Question», I have questions religion and
by extension the belief
in a deity does not provide
answers to.
It is, for me, the hardest part of being a writer and blogger, particularly one who focuses on both
faith and parenting — two areas where people tend to put all of their
faith in the «right»
answer and to feel threatened
by those who
answer important questions differently than they do.
A phrase
in Paul's Letter to the Romans — «the just shall live
by faith» — contained for him the
answer.
This corrosion of
faith can be
answered and reversed but
in order to do so we must, as Holloway says, realise «the need for personal prayer, penance, humility, and union with God
by meditation and mystical communion,» [10] so that thereby the Word of God will be manifested
in our world not as «the breath of any imaginary pale Galilean, but the splendour and dynamism of God
in the power of the Spirit,» Jesus Christ «the bringer
in of the enormous vision that is splendid, the majesty of the Intellect of God and of Man, the fullness of the Kingdom on Earth which God has made for Man, and can bring to consummation only
in and through His creature, Man.»
CNN:
In Aurora, the agonized seek answers through faith The news came in to Mitch Hamilton by phone just after midnigh
In Aurora, the agonized seek
answers through
faith The news came
in to Mitch Hamilton by phone just after midnigh
in to Mitch Hamilton
by phone just after midnight.
The
answer can be put
in even more explicitly Protestant language:
By faith alone — «sola fide.»
While the First Amendment would seem to provide the
answer to these objections
by limiting majority rule
in the case of fundamental freedoms, minority
faiths in America know all too well that even constitutional guarantees are not iron - clad.
there is some suggestion that wenger is backtracking on his fervent stance regarding what players would be staying at the club for the remainder of the season... some might deduce that this is all part of a much bigger, more elaborate plan...
by shifting the blame wenger is attempting to, not so slyly, flip the narrative...
by doing so he hopes to evoke empathy from his most ardent supporters, while attempting to rally any fence - sitters, whose
faith was waning unless a more legitimate agent of blame emerges... unfortunately, and incredibly insulting to the fans, when wenger attempts to spin a tale and / or tries to eat his own words, he doesn't seem to play it all the way through
in his head, so invariably gaping holes emerge... say we believed his version of the truth, would that not make him either an incredibly well - paid custodian of destruction or a spineless jellyfish because what manager worth his weight
in salt would stay at a club that didn't give him final say after 20 years of supposed «success»... no matter the
answer, neither bodes well for us... how ironic,
in a way, since many pundits claim this team has lacked a «spine» for some years now... so whether we win, lose or draw on Sunday is frankly immaterial, as the problems will remain, and although it will be easier to digest if we left the Pool with 3 points, it might just be the worst result for the betterment of this club... a fact that both breaks my heart and baffles the mind
are you trying to sell nic to us or convince yourself andy becos, even tho i like him myself, hes not a goalscorer and is forced wide away from goal all to easy.not our
answer cant even begin to tell you how wrong you are when you said we wer gettin
by quite nicely without a recognised goalscorer, as iv always said you cant expect our little midfielders and little beast verm to continue
in the great vain thev shown this season, big teams will negate them, you need another outlet, an ian wright or defoe that goes
in behind and turns a back 4, its painfully obvious and riles me when fellow fans ignore or dismiss it and tell me to keep the
faith with players who hav had so much time to show their capabilities and not delivered, so how their now gonna excel just becos thev been absent a while is beyond me but that old proverb must be true.....»
Young people were asked to express what their
faith means to them
in their own words
by answering the brief «let me show you how my
faith inspires me».
Entrants were asked to express what their
faith means to them
in their own words
by answering the brief «let me show you how my
faith inspires me».
Only Christian
faith as a whole constitutes the
answer to this question: the goodness of creation, the drama of sin, and the patient love of God who comes to meet man
by his covenants, the redemptive Incarnation of his Son, his gift of the Spirit, his gathering of the Church, the power of the sacraments, and his call to a blessed life to which free creatures are invited to consent
in advance, but from which,
by a terrible mystery, they can also turn away
in advance.
While Latimer's request is not obviously made
in good
faith, it could be a good idea to still
answer it
by providing some lines of evidence.
Wall LJ was at pain to stress that
in this case no one had acted
in bad
faith: «The honest
answer must be that
in any system operated
by human beings, mistakes will occur, whatever systems are put
in place to reduce or eliminate them.
Mr. Lederman chose to
answer Justice Abella's critique
by going into the exchanged correspondence between CAFC and Mr. Bhasin when they were discussing the potential merger between Mr. Bhasin's agency and Mr. Hrynew's agency,
in order to demonstrate to the SCC bench that CAFC's decision not to renew was not
in bad
faith but rather a mere business decision.