2018.09.29 11:11
Robert Brault
As you reach for understanding, you find that your ladder of facts isn’t long enough, and you try to extend it by adding a rung of faith. Eventually you see that the task is hopeless, and you put away your ladder of facts and go get a ladder of faith.
If you listed all the reasons for your faith and all the things that make you cry, it would essentially be the same list.
Of course I doubt, I do not practice a certainty - I practice a faith.
Sometimes, as practise for trying to convince myself that God exists, I try to convince my shadow that the sun exists.
To accept on faith is the basic requirement for getting on with life.
2018.09.29 11:23
2018.09.29 11:36
St Augustine 354 - 430
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see, the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.
Kahlil Gibran 1883 - 1931
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
2018.09.29 23:10
I think that “faith in God” is not the will, but ability. Not many people
believe in God without a shred of uncertainty. They try hard to affirm
their belief everyday. But small number of people have extraordinarily
sharp brain to the religion. They can believe in God with ease. At the same
time, number of atheists are as few as true believers.
Unfortunately, everyone has different ideas about what they believe in.
Therefore, everyone should respect other’s faith unless it disturbs social
order.
2018.09.30 00:43
Thank you, Dr. Ohn, for your comment.
Well said and fair assessment on the subject.
Robert Breault (born 1963) is an American operatic tenor. Born in Michigan, he holds a B.M. degree (magna cum laude) from St. Norbert College (1985) from which he received a distinguished alumni award in 1997.[1] In addition, he holds a M.M. (1987), and a D.M.A. (1991) from the University of Michigan where he studied voice with soprano Lorna Haywood. His early training also included two years of study at the San Francisco Merola Opera Program, and an internship with Michigan Opera Theatre. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah where he teaches voice and serves as Director of Opera at the University of Utah School of Music.[2](from Internet)
I didn't know this opera tenor, but his description on faith happens to be the closest to my heart.
To my pleasant surprise it turns out he happens to be one of Michiganians.