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It's better for me to have both but for others it could be different. Whatever makes me happy I guess.
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Okay, people... faith =/= knowledge... at all! You cannot know God because there is no way to do so. There's no proof and probably never will be, so it's impossible to say you "know" of something like this. You can, however, have faith in God. That's perfectly legitimate, but not at all the same as knowledge. Additionally, faith holds no sway whatsoever over the minds of those who do not profess it. Again, it never ever will. Faith seems to gain power only when masses of people profess a similar one (all for no reason, remember, because it is a wholly non-rational enterprise). For instance, my faith that the Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe and rules over the land to this day with his noodley appendage has exactly the same validity as a Christian's faith in Yahweh or a Hindu's faith in Vishnu. If you think otherwise you are sorely mistaken. Of course, I do not "know" the FSM exists, and neither do you "know" of God or Vishnu or Thor or Zeus.
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What a question. Faith in God. Knowledge of God. That's a good one. While a person believes she could conquer Everest it does not mean that she can. She might know the bible of mountaneering cover to cover and be able to recite it backwards. Her knowledge of the actual mountain might be immense and her faith complete but it stands for very little really. Now somebody standing at the summit or even better having got there and returned safely to basecamp can say with cerainty that s/he knows the mountain more than that other person knows it.Back at basecamp that person will look up at the mountain again and see it wrapped perhaps in thick cloud and remain awestruck. Our passionate mountaneer meanwhile with all her faith and books and passion couldn't begin to know what that feels like. A bit like comparing a biblethumper to Mother Teresa of Calcutta in the God field. It's probably much the same with everything- God included. Of course no-one no matter how often they have conquered the mountain knows everything there is to know about it so the mountain remains forever shrouded in mystery but they get to know somethings about it and will know themselves a heck of a lot more through their relationship with it I'd imagine.
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Sorry for ordering off the menu but I'd have to say love of God because from that would come desire and from desire would come knowledge and from knowledge True Faith in God...
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Yes, with boths having to do with the thought that all knowledge come from God. Faith is what Paul explains in Hebrew 11: 1 "Now Faith is the substance of things hope for and the evidence of things not seen." Evidence of things not seen God is an unknowable essence, The fashioner, The Compassionate, The One Creator. This is complete knowledge.
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Saying that it is more important to have faith in God than knowledge of God is a pretty massive knowledge claim, isn't it? Unless you have faith that you must have faith in God. Having knowledge of any deity is impossible, therefore, I choose that one.
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I think you should have FAITH! Having Faith in God would let you gain His Knowledge! So maybe not "better" but having faith FIRST is whats best!
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In my experience faith means believing in something without having seen it proven to you, and therefore having knowledge of it. In my opinion, to have true knowledge of God would eliminate the need for faith in God because of the nature of faith. Having said that, it seems that a very small number if people would have knowledge of God so the rest of us are just going to have to settle for faith.
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I don't think you can separate the two. One cannot know Him without faith, and as our knowledge of Him grows so too does our faith. Try bringing this question into a physical relationship. Is it better to know your spouse, or have faith in your spouse? I don't think you can separate the two.
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Well if you recomebobulate the perporsuional exceptions then obviously the persuasions should make contractions.
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Faith, Faith, Faith. What a silly question. How can we ever truly know God? He is something bigger than we are capable of imagining.
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Beliefs are born from the information offered and accepted by others. Mindfulness meditation and a gentle disarming of the ego will allow you to listen to your inner whisper. The whisper of another power. Being Mindful of your thoughts will bring you a sense of true "Knowing."
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Faith. We can't really have a true understanding of God. We are not built to understand God, he is all knowing and all powerful. We cant really comprehend it. Faith is very important in a relationship with God. Knowing there is a God wont get us anywhere if we dont worship him and have faith.
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Hmmmmm. Well according to Baha'i writings, there's no way to really know too much about God, so we have to settle for faith.
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You can't have knowledge of a god, but for some people, they need faith in a god in order to be happy in life.You can't know something exists without evidence. There's nothing wrong with believing that which isn't possible. Believing in Santa makes children happy. I say whatever floats your boat. If you want to believe in gods, unicorns, and Santa Claus, go ahead.
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