Thursday, 5 November 2015

FAITH IS NOT IN BELIEF

A man was chased off a cliff by a tiger. He fell, and just managed to hold onto a branch. Six feet above him stood the tiger, snarling. A hundred feet below, a violent sea lashed fierce-looking rocks. To his horror, he noticed that the branch he was clutching was being gnawed at its roots by two rats. Seeing he was doomed, he cried out, "O God, save me!"


He heard a Voice reply, "Of course, I will save you. But first, let go of the branch!"
We believe in God but that doesn't mean we have Faith in God.

Belief is of the mind and Faith is of the being.
Belief belongs to the realm of concepts and systems, whereas Faith is one's immediate experience.

Faith is existential and experiential

FAITH IS NOT IN BELIEF

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