[Vision2020] Fragments of our Lord

[Joseph Campbell]

Evidence is always lacking! If you disagree prove that the external  
world exists or that the future will be like the past without begging  
the question. But I wouldn't call what's holding up your beliefs faith  
either. This is a false dilemma.

Best, Joe

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 1, 2009, at 4:13 PM, "Art Deco" <deco at moscow.com> wrote:

> Remember faith is necessary when evidence is lacking.  The less  
> evidence, the stronger faith needed or exhibited by believers,   
> religious, political, social, or otherwise.
>
> W.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ralph Nielsen
> To: Donovan Arnold ; vision 2020
> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 12:55 PM
> Subject: [Vision2020] Fragments of our Lord
>
> Donovan Arnold donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
> Thu Jan 1 11:03:42 PST 2009
>
> Chas,
>
> Most all Christians believe false Gods exist. But there is only one  
> True God.
>
> I have little faith in God because I am a weak person. But I do  
> believe that He exists. I have to pray for faith that He will do  
> right by me. I resist Him all the time because I want to be free to  
> do what I want for me, not what is right for Him.
>
> Believing He exists is indisputable because of what I have witnessed  
> and witnessed with others. So that is the easier part for me. I  
> don't think I am special, I think God reveals himself to everyone at  
> some point if He needs to.
>
> But faith, that is difficult to acquire, even people that boast they  
> have much more than most, have little.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Donovan
>
>
> The harder you believe in some being the more real he becomes. This  
> is true of all objects of faith, including Santa Claus.
> Ralph
> =======================================================
>  List services made available by First Step Internet,
>  serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.
>                http://www.fsr.net
>           mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
> =======================================================
> =======================================================
> List services made available by First Step Internet,
> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.
>               http://www.fsr.net
>          mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
> =======================================================
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20090101/d34f55df/attachment-0001.html