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minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down10·14 days agoThe knowledge of how God became man and died for us
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·14 days agoKnowledge of how that story came to be for once.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·14 days agoAnd tell me this: How did it come to be?
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 days agoThat’s faith, by definition distinct from knowledge.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·13 days agoYou have faith in your car based on the knowledge that it’ll get you to your destination
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-213 days agoThat’s a linguistic bait-and-switch. Your example has nothing to do with religious faith as a basis for conviction.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·13 days agoI am convicted in my faith by the evidence
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-213 days agoYou’re not convincing anyone by misusing words. Here, let me demonstrate: I have hard evidence that God doesn’t exist. My evidence is faith.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoMy evidence isn’t faith. My faith is based in historical fact.
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoSo why are historians not generally Christian?
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoBecause a lot of people these days aren’t generally Christian.
The knowledge of how God became man and died for us
Knowledge of how that story came to be for once.
And tell me this: How did it come to be?
That’s faith, by definition distinct from knowledge.
You have faith in your car based on the knowledge that it’ll get you to your destination
That’s a linguistic bait-and-switch. Your example has nothing to do with religious faith as a basis for conviction.
I am convicted in my faith by the evidence
You’re not convincing anyone by misusing words.
Here, let me demonstrate: I have hard evidence that God doesn’t exist. My evidence is faith.
My evidence isn’t faith. My faith is based in historical fact.
So why are historians not generally Christian?
Because a lot of people these days aren’t generally Christian.