Faith is not the opposite of reason. Faith rests squarely upon reason, but with the added component of revelation.
Man cannot live without a permanent trust in something indestructible in himself, though both the indestructible element and the trust may remain permanently hidden from him. One of the ways in which this hiddenness can express itself is through faith in a personal god.
I'm not sure I really am a Humanist. I describe myself as a rigorous agnostic, which means that you cannot declare as a matter of material truth something that is in fact a matter of spiritual belief.
My Lutheran faith is important to me.
I've always believed in God. I also think that's the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when you're in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement.
When it comes to God's existence, I'm not an atheist and I'm not agnostic. I'm an acrostic. The whole thing puzzles me.
I don't believe in God now. I can still work up an envy for someone who has a faith. I can see how that could be a deeply soothing experience.
Though I do not believe that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it, I think it a pretty good indication that such a thing exists and that some men will.
VOCATUS ATQUE NON VOCATUS DEUS ADERIT.
Who was it said that coincidence was just God’s way of remaining anonymous?
We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners.
You've promised that if we come to You and ask something in faith, that You'll do it.
My religion is very important to me.
My father, his spirit is with me constantly, and I'm a believer in that world and the world of dreams and that stuff.
Believe in God like you believe in the sunrise. Not because you can see it, but because you can see all it touches.
If there is no God, then I am God.
I believe in God, but not in any rational or theological scope.
The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the Supreme Being in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.
I don't ask myself, "Well, does God exist or does God not exist?" I choose to believe that God exists, and therefore I can say, "God, I can't do this by myself. Help me not to take a drink today. Help me not to take a drug today." And that works fine for me.
I believe absolutely and certainly that, when you die, you will meet your loved ones and know them and be reunited with them, never to be seperated again.
I believe in God - not in a Catholic God; there is no Catholic God. There is God, and I believe in Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the Father, Abba, is the light and the Creator. This is my Being.
I know there is a God - I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it - if he has a place then I am ready - we see the hand.
I know God is real.
It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him.
Trust in God, that's where the crown is at. It's not in what you get, it's what happens after that.
