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Belief, trust, and loyalty towards God, Jesus, and the Christian religion.

Faith in the Christian religion is characterized by belief and trust in God, Jesus, and the Holy Trinity, as well as loyalty to the church and the bible.

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Why has God never spoken to me?

I was born and raised in the Catholic religion. In the beginning I was, as far as I can judge, a good Christian. But I never felt any connection to God while praying. It was like talking to myself. Nothing special happened. I’m not talking about…
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Are faith and proof mutually exclusive?

Must something be unprovable to permit faith in it? Is it possible to have faith in something which is certain provable fact? If something is proven beyond any doubt can you still have faith in it? How?
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How do I get more faith?

I'm really terrible at faith. I understand that it's a choice to have or not have faith, I'd really like to choose the former, but my very much neurotic nature often gets the best of me, and often holds me back I think... So my question is "How do…
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Does God need/demand humans' faith for them to be saved? If so, why?

According to soteriologies (e.g. Arminianism) that require humans to make a decision to come to God, why is that the case? What does God gain from faith? Put another way, why does he require a violitional act of choosing God, rather than simply…
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Dying for Christ

Matthew 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. Dietrich Bonhoeffer When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die. It may be a death like that of the first disciples…
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How do you explain the Christian Message to people who have no Christian vocabulary or context?

Original Question: Is it possible to give some brief description of Christian faith to non-believing listeners without exposing them to context requiring faith? If yes, can you provide one? Any term requiring faith (like God, prayer, sermon) should…
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Was the book of Enoch once part of the holy scriptures?

Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints ... This seems to indicate that the apostle not only read the book of Enoch but also that the apostle viewed it as…
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The edge of faith and the limit of Theism, "the spiritual blindness"

I am an autistic person who has been searching in faith and religion for some kind of positivism in my life surrounded by problems not important now. So, I've debated with the religious leaders in the church, and as I expected none of them could…
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Is there a Christian perspective on the matter of "delusion"?

What I mean by this is, in other communities of people, there may be certain ways to measure a delusion. An atheist may define it differently than a theist. The official DSM has a specific way to define a "delusion" (with religious exemption). …
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Does God require us to have faith because Adam and Eve sinned?

I remember when I first sought God, I felt like I was going out into the dark. I simply followed people at the church without really believing, but willing myself to believe. In other words, I didn't have faith, but I was obedient. Now I can see God…
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Do I Belong to Christianity?

I've recently started doing bible study with a good friend (a devoted Christian). I started at first out of curiosity about what Christianity really is about. However, as the study went on (half way through Luke, beginning of Romans, and bits and…
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Does Christianity solve personal problems?

If I pray and truly believe God will turn around a personal problem, does Christianity support that will help solve the issue? Example: What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. —Mark…
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Curious re: Scientific evidence

I read something recently from a highly regarded poster on a sister site, which states: "I should extend the courtesy of allowing people to have evidence which they can't use to convince me, given that I'm asking others to extend the same courtesy…
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What is biblical view on curiosity?

What is biblical view on curiosity? Is curiosity sin and therefore impossible for God? One reference is rom.10:17 that tells that first proclaiming the gospel, hearing it and faith cometh, but before that you need to have curiosity or need aroused…
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Faith without reason?

Many people claim that religion is just the unwarranted belief in things without evidence or reason, or that faith is antithetical to reason. If we do believe in God based on evidence, what would be the best way to convey these evidences to a…
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