logansrun,
Why would anyone want to have an irrational belief system that is not grounded in tangible reality as the guiding principle in their life?
I said :
Faith means trust. It is something that is intangible and irrational.
Faith is irrational. Something that is irrational can still exist and be valuable. Pi is irrational as a number. It cannot be tangibly defined or rationally expressed as a number even though it is a number with numeric value. What part does Pi have in engineering?
I am assuming your question was rhetorical and at me....
I said, faith means trust. In terms of Christianity I made the focus of this trust Jesus Christ. I made no refference to a belief system nor did I say anything about said system being the "guiding principle" in my life. I'm not even sure what guiding principle said system is in contrast to that would qualify it with the word "the".
The implcation of your question has been misguided in terms of what I said.
If your question was not rhetorical...
The U.S. Marine Corps as its motto is semper fidelis. This means ever faithful. Given what they do and how well they do it I have no reason to ask them why. I'm sure it is because it helps them do what it is they do. (If your question was not rhetorical) and the subject interests you so much maybe you could write your dissertation on the power of faith.
jgnat,
yes, I remember Christianity was too easy to be true. That was why it was false. My mom made that point so many times it stopped sounding moronic. I remember going to the meetings and seeing all these people that are "suposedly" christian just hanging around. "Yes, I am so much better then they are. I am going to the meeting and showing Jehovah that I am better than they are. I am exposing their error by sitting in the Kingdom Hall not paying attention."
