why do believers say "i have faith"? shouldnt they say "i assume"?.........?

exactly how a true atheist would view something they have prejudice against and are too stubborn to try it out.

by your logic you assume that your parent(s) Love(d) you and never lied as such. so you assume you know they love(d) you. same respect you should give those who have actually seen Jesus walk in the flesh today in the modern world not 2000 years ago.

Just because you have not seen or believe that Jesus is alive even today and walks on earth as he wishes when he wishes you mock those of us who have or believe that he does. This does not mean you are absolutely in truth when you say "assume" as if it were a Dilusion. you have not the knowledge of the whole world nor does anyone on earth at any given time. So you are assuming this statement to be true of yourself by thinking you know that we should say "assume" and in saying that god/Jesus is dead and doesnt exist or live any more means you can only have something convince you through humanistic means "which would destroy the meaning of being god"

I emplore you to actually spend more time amongst real genuine Evangelical christians and learn about what you are debating here before you "assume" to be true or false. Whether its based on science or not Science its self is constantly being corrected and is governed by the idea that all things are changing and nothing is absolute in truth.

Sort of like how some people "assume" an unborn fetus is not a human being until it takes it's first breath of air.

When a person assumes something they are admitting that they may be wrong.

Atheists assume there is no God. They have no proof He doesn't exist so assuming He doesn't is the best they can do. They may say they have faith in their own intelligence and logic, and that that tells them He doesn't exist, but at the same time they know that they are only human and just as prone to error as anyone else. They have been wrong about many things in the past, just as we all have. Deep down, at the core of their intellect, they know there is a chance, however slight, that they could be wrong.

Good question!

God Bless You!

Assuming is not the same as faith , assuming is that you say : i'm not sure but i think it true like 40% 60 % . But real faith(real faith ) , is 85% 1confusing% is not faith but than you know it . You don't believe or have faith . You know it for sure, just like you know that if you press the buton a on your computerboard it create a a on your screem . So if you assume jesus came to save all . you're just a little les convinced than wenn you have faith . Faith can also mean : i believe that jesus will save me, and that's why he came . When the truth will come to tell the secrets, all human who believe or don't believe in the salvation because the didn't knew the truth will be saved . Jesus told in the bible all who blastformy my name still will get a change for salvation, but the one who rejects the holy spirit wont .

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen ( Hebrews 11;1) And assumptions are more are less guessing games, and you know that old saying about assumptions, they are like//////// everybody has one, now we are all given a measure of faith, but as life & experiences, trials & errors, some of us at the end of the day have more faith than others, but with assumptions they are all the same no way to measure, because you can't measure a guess. So no we cannot, nor will not replace our Faith, for a guess.

Since it is obvious that you do not have faith, and have no idea what it is, why should you presume that you can say for us, who do know and have much more than what you think is 'faith', in our God, what we should say? You cannot tell the true people of God what to say. God did not tell us to 'assume' anything. we KNOW. There is a big difference in those who 'believe', without KNOWING, and those of us who followed on far enough with God to really MEET HIM AND KNOW HIM.

I know. It is much more than faith. And yes, there is much proof, for He does things in my life which could only have come from a supernatural God. So the proof is there for those who truly do believe, not just think they believe.

If a person truly BELIEVES, not just says they believe, then the WORKS OF CHRIST will follow and be real in their lives. If it is not, then they are as you...just assuming that they believe. Jesus did not lie. He said if we BELIEVE, these SIGNS will follow.

So take the test....do the signs follow your belief? If not, you are just assuming that you believe. Your belief is not real. That is what is not real. God is real.

God is more real to me than my own children. He is more to me than anyone, even my own self. You who have never truly MET GOD, cannot even start to understand what I am saying. You are being cheated of the most blessed thing in all of life.

I think that is a different way to look at it, it is as if saying you are not sure. I think the word faith is said more in the bible than assume. You should start a new trend and I will join you, from now on I will say i assume God is watching.

Faith is believing. Assuming is not knowing, almost like saying ... "if i had to guess, i'd say..."

A person who has faith doesn't have to assume. Having real faith is trusting. Kind of like trusting that if i work for walmart, each week, my pay check will be available to me like it is every week prior.

I wouldn't have to assume walmart is going to pay me for the work i've done. They've always paid me, and paid on time. Assuming is lacking trust.

Faith is something that grows as you learn to trust something. Like faith in a chair or faith in an airplane. Faith requires action to grow. Assuming does not grow at all.

if they're the same thing to you, then they can both be used interchangeably, so why does it matter?

if you want a real answer, then you'd have to ask them, and they'll tell you that you're an ignorant child.

or, they'll give you multiple reasons why they truly believe, which would be a long list of things that can be proven wrong at the same time.

we know god is here with us because many of us had supernatural encounters with God

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while others hold on to faith because, as offensive it may be, they know the truth and it has set them free. no need for assumptions when you know what is right.

ps. should an atheist say he assume there is no god too?