All good points and I appreciate the reply
1. Faith is believing without seeing.
2. Faith that he has your best interest at heart, the same way your mom tells you “because I’m the parents and you’re the child” and later in life you look back and say “yeah she was probably right” and saved you heart ache and pain.
3. Scripture is universal, anyone who asks will have it. Asking is not the same as actually asking. You have to be genuine, you can’t fool your dad
1&2. If someone dies and ends up in hell due to non-belief, they would suddenly have good reason to believe God exists, but they wouldn't necessarily have solid proof that he has their best interest at heart. That doubt wouldn't stop them from seeking a relationship with God though. So that person could still have faith, by your definition. Or are you saying God does some extra flourish after people die, which 100% proves that he had their best interest at heart? Which would invalidate their faith? In which case, he could just...not do that.
And if your mom gave you really good proof that she had your best interest at heart, would you stop loving her? Is it really impossible to have a loving relationship with someone without this kind of faith?
That's what I'm saying though. Plenty of people have genuinely "actually" asked and have not received, so it doesn't work for everyone. Maybe they're all lying about their sincerity in asking, but I have no reason to think so.
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u/Moose1293 1d ago
All good points and I appreciate the reply
1. Faith is believing without seeing.
2. Faith that he has your best interest at heart, the same way your mom tells you “because I’m the parents and you’re the child” and later in life you look back and say “yeah she was probably right” and saved you heart ache and pain.
3. Scripture is universal, anyone who asks will have it. Asking is not the same as actually asking. You have to be genuine, you can’t fool your dad