TxOld Dude
Dazed and confused
That's insane... I would've replied with the "God helps those who help themselves" line, religious people usually can relate to scripture more than reason.
I realize this might be offensive to religious people, I was more referring to how dangerous "blind faith can be"
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry - Richard Dawkins
I know this is old but couldn't help myself.
Kron: True that!!
I am a Christian in my beliefs. (Just not a very good one!)
Faith requires us to "walk" through life, not sit and wait for God to move. We "step out" in Faith and God says he will meet us with the solutions. If you notice this requires action on our part.
As an illustration, here's the "old joke" about one sitting and waiting without moving forward in faith.
"It was flooding in California. As the flood waters were rising, a man was on the stoop of his house and another man in a row boat came by. The man in the row boat told the man on the stoop to get in and he'd save him. The man on the stoop said, no, he had faith in God and would wait for God to save him. The flood waters kept rising and the man had to go to the second floor of his house. A man in a motor boat came by and told the man in the house to get in because he had come to rescue him. The man in the house said no thank you. He had perfect faith in God and would wait for God to save him. The flood waters kept rising. Pretty soon they were up to the man's roof and he got out on the roof. A helicopter then came by, lowered a rope and the pilot shouted down in the man in the house to climb up the rope because the helicopter had come to rescue him. The man in the house wouldn't get in. He told the pilot that he had faith in God and would wait for God to rescue him. The flood waters kept rising and the man in the house drowned. When he got to heaven, he asked God where he went wrong. He told God that he had perfect faith in God, but God had let him drown.
"What more do you want from me?" asked God. "I sent you two boats and a helicopter!"
For those who won't listen to reason and are waiting for a "Godly Miracle" for their healing; God helps those who help themselves by STEPPING OUT IN FAITH. When God sends you a miracle, you better know when to STOP looking a gift horse in the mouth. Lest you end up like the guy in the joke.
My 2 cents. Too many people lose their lives over blind faith every year and that's not the way it was intended.