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"However this gap should not be claimed as the reason for faith. Faith is not about filling a gap for human understanding."
I spent sometime thinking about what you have said here as it never struck me that such was not the case, and I am not disagreeing but accepting the meaning of your words.
One could be forgiven to think this way if you dont have faith. If one lives without faith or belief you will find yourself asking why when I dont have this or need this in my life others find it so necessary. From that point one of the possible reasons that comes to my mind certainly is this faith is the result of a search for understanding or meaning of life. It seems to me on a matter so important (as accepting you are here as the result of a decision made by God to create all for us) one would have had to think long and hard about the meaning of life its purpose , our purpose ...otherwise how could you make an informed decision that a faith in God is the way to go. Yes it is cloudy but I think it is wonderful to be able to consider such grand thoughts and have a place to air them and discover others views. So for someone not familar with how faith works I find it interesting that you feel it is not related to filling a gap in human understanding. I suppose you have faith or not it arrives with out explanation..I simply dont know and dont understand its concept clearly sometimes.
Does faith mean a belief that it is all as it should be and that there is a reason for your very being, that provides an assurance that all of this is there for us but with out us knowing what our purpose is at all?
As to knowing it all you are so right ..I have been actively engaged in finding out everything I can about certain subjects for over two years and its like I am going backwards I know five fold the information I started with but the more I learn, the more I read, the more I realise that I can never get near taking in the Human bank of accumulated knowledge and yet even all that is a small fraction of all that there is to know and understand.
In that situation I can see why one could give up and say it is all in the hands of a creator because that is the quick and easy answer.
I hope I have not offended anyone by suggesting we are not the only ones as I expect that would be not in line with most religious interpretation. It is an opinion , my opinion, and that does not make it right so please do not take offence. I respect all people and their opinions.
alex
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