On Psalm 109 and Faith

scaeagles · 11-30-2009, 02:44 PM

Coming in a little late to the discussion over the last several days.

GD asked that if it could be proven there is no God (alluding to the logic of not being able to prove something like that) would i continue to believe. I suppose the answer is no, I would not continue to do so, but i would of course be incredibly confused and it would take time to reconcile. I suppose it would something like the 5 stages of grief - denial, anger, depression, bargaining, acceptance (or whatever the 5 are). I suspect that there will come a point in time where someone will claim proof that there is no God, and that proof will be disputed, with some swearing by it and others pointing out flaws. I wonder what the point of absolute proof would be for me, as i can't think of anything that could serve as proof of it (which is, of course, something that was alluded to when the question was asked).

Answering the question that way, though makes me wonder about the nature of faith. Is it really faith if I stop believing should there be some earth shattering development, or does faith endure?

11-30-2009, 02:44 PM	#11
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Coming in a little late to the discussion over the last several days. GD asked that if it could be proven there is no God (alluding to the logic of not being able to prove something like that) would i continue to believe. I suppose the answer is no, I would not continue to do so, but i would of course be incredibly confused and it would take time to reconcile. I suppose it would something like the 5 stages of grief - denial, anger, depression, bargaining, acceptance (or whatever the 5 are). I suspect that there will come a point in time where someone will claim proof that there is no God, and that proof will be disputed, with some swearing by it and others pointing out flaws. I wonder what the point of absolute proof would be for me, as i can't think of anything that could serve as proof of it (which is, of course, something that was alluded to when the question was asked). Answering the question that way, though makes me wonder about the nature of faith. Is it really faith if I stop believing should there be some earth shattering development, or does faith endure?
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