Is Faith Blind?
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Nov 23, 2022 • 34M
Is Faith Blind?
Episode 3 • Truth Isn't Afraid of Questions
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Shane Rosenthal
Shane Rosenthal was raised in a Jewish home but became an atheist at a very early age. Some years later, however, he ended up losing faith in atheism and converted to Christianity. On this podcast he talks with people from a wide variety of worldviews and perspectives in order explore the beliefs and ideas that shape our lives.
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When Shane Rosenthal recently polled close to a hundred Christians at a variety of different events, the overwhelming majority described faith as a kind of “blind leap.” But is this idea taught in Scripture? On this episode of The Humble Skeptic, Shane examines the arguments and passages that some people use in support of the idea that faith is blind.
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Is Faith Blind?
Because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. (Christ - John 8:45)
What is truth? (Pilate - John 18:38)
Because of the noetic effects of sin, we must use the gospel as a battering ram to break through the calcified minds of unbelievers and the muddle-headed minds of wishy-washy Christians as well. No one can be argued into the kingdom ultimately; nonetheless, our vocation as thinking Christians requires clear, precise, reasonable, and intellectually honest communication about the gospel and its grounding in real history, supported by real artifacts, and verified by real eye witnesses without glaucoma.
The anti-intellectual culture in which we live is having a huge impact on the way we think (feel?) and express ourselves by stripping grammar, logic & rhetoric of all meaning and importance. Critical thinking is the cure and Shane, once again, does an admirable job of examining Scriptural, historical, and linguistic support for understanding the tenets of the faith in which we stake our lives, both now and the hereafter.