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Why do people lose faith?

Akrasia · 2008-05-06 01:28:41

If the holy spirit is so powerful, and if people who have 'faith' believe that the holy spirit communicates directly with them, then why do believers lose their faith? (it happens all the time) How can someone be 'touched' by the holy spirit, yet abandon that belief later on in life? (It seems to make no sense.) I'm not…

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#242 29-05-2008 3:01pm
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neuro-praxis wrote: »

PS Wicknight - you will notice I was not addressing whether or not God exists - only why if he/she/it did exist we would be dependent on it.

And you will notice that I was simply pointing out the flaw in your statements (I'm not sure how you think your position is based on logic, since it is pretty classic example of begging the question)

Why we breath in and out, why we reproduce, why a seed grows is understood by science and is a natural consequence of the chain of chemical laws.

God is not required for this, so the argument that he sustains us, that we are dependent upon him for this, is flawed.

It can be asserted that God created the rules of the universe to allow this to happen, but that isn't the same as what you are asserting. Even if God exists we are not dependent on him for these things.

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