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Faith and Knowledge Essay

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Faith and Knowledge

There are things in this world that go beyond human reasoning. There are things is this world that people don't want to acknowledge. For example, scientists don't want to acknowledge that faith and God exist. They claim that they need to have scientific proof in order to believe that either faith or God exists in this world. Today's societies are full of skeptics and ignorance when it comes to faith and God. People have known that god and faith are present on this earth. Faith is believing and trusting in God. It is having confidence and knowledge that God is on your side. Faith is something we can't touch, smell, taste, hear, or see. Individuals have to believe in there hearts that God exist because …show more content…

Knowledge is one of the tools of faith. Through faith and knowledge we gain understanding that faith exist. Knowing is a key point in faith and knowledge. Knowing is to have knowledge. Knowing something is developed through our five senses: taste, smell, touching, seeing, and hearing. For example if today was a bright, sunny and cool in Northwest Park off of 249, this could be known by someone who lives in the neighborhood and walks outside of their front or back door. With their five senses they can determine that the weather is pleasant out. When a person knows a subject they have information or supporting evidence on it just like the person in, Northwest Park, who walks outside of their home. Knowing is having information, thus having knowledge. Believing is a key concept in faith. To have faith is to believe. When believing in something you accept the word of another. One example of believing is a Christian believing that Jesus rose from the dead and is one with God. An individual cannot prove that Jesus rose from the dead or prove it through scientific reasoning. A person cannot even prove it through having pictures that we can see or a witness that we can talk to in person. All we have of this knowledge is the bible. It is up to the individual to believe and accept this second hand resource that was written by man. Scientists who do not believe in God, the creator, say that the world came about through

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