tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post3408315369850448108..comments2024-03-28T13:23:50.623-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Faith and beliefAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-14665425712300420112018-10-01T12:34:51.111-05:002018-10-01T12:34:51.111-05:00I am a Trinitarian, but I find fault in your post....I am a Trinitarian, but I find fault in your post. For example, 2 Chronicles 20:20 says to have faith in God's prophets: "... Have faith in the LORD your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.'" (NIV)James Goetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412501436355228925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-43033594564946794442018-09-28T00:21:36.277-05:002018-09-28T00:21:36.277-05:00Alex
"Christian faith involves outward and e...Alex<br /><br />"Christian faith involves outward and emotional behavior of the sort the New Testament calls for." Nothing I said contradicts that. Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-8121518993428576652018-09-27T10:52:08.711-05:002018-09-27T10:52:08.711-05:00As far as I know, the best philosophical defenders...As far as I know, the best philosophical defenders of beliefless Christian faith still want to say that Christian faith involves outward and emotional behavior of the sort the New Testament calls for.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-7432892605887961852018-09-27T01:03:27.040-05:002018-09-27T01:03:27.040-05:00Alex
"Christians are called to have faith in...Alex<br /><br />"Christians are called to have faith in Jesus Christ" <i>is</i> a doctrinal belief. Accounts of faith that claim that a Christian need not have any doctrinal beliefs would not hold that Christians are <i>called</i> to have faith in Jesus Christ. <br />I personally know people who call themselves Christian because they see Jesus as the (morally) best possible example of what a fallible human being can be. They have "faith" in the good things Jesus taught and did, but they acknowledge the he was a fallible human being. The fact that Jesus was an imperfect human being makes him more admirable because it gives them "faith" that an imperfect, fallible human being can, on his own, become such an example of morality.Walter Van den Ackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101735542155226072noreply@blogger.com