Jan 28

Faith is unavoidable since there is no such thing as a believing without thinking. Saint Augustine said, “No one belives anything unless one first thought it was believable.” This means that we can’t go about our day suggesting that faith is ungrounded or not intellectual since at the base of faith is thought. Moreover, faith is necessary for historical knowledge. Wilken pointed out that “The term belive signals that one is speaking about knowledge that is probable, not certain.” We definetely can’t know everything with certainty, yet we need to take stances on some subjects in our lives, since we can’t be agnostic about everything. In this difficult situation, faith is necessary for our judgement, where we assess the options based on the author and reason, to make a decision. Some critics might say that this method is not reliable becaused it is not deductively proven but imagine a world where we could rely on the trust of people to get kowledge or skills. We wouldn’t be able to learn new languages, or any skills. This is why faith is beneficial in everyday life. It builds a trust between people, and a society, where we are all united. Living without faith is much harder since we would be required to doubt the simplest of things, even the things that can be estbalished through certainties. Finally, faith is required for religion, where we give ourselves to the Lord. It is required so that we know the lord instead of barely “seeing him.”Augustine cites this text from Isaiah, “If you do not belive, you shall not understand.” Beliveing is the start of practicing to love God in his true colors, and understanding his greatness. Faith is an essential part of the daily and spiritual human life.