The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. Gal 5:6b
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Heb 11:6

3 Arguments against Faith

#1) I believe the biggest argument against faith is the existence of suffering & evil. If God is all-knowing & all-powerful, he knows when horrible things happen & has power to intervene.

-What kind of God watches and does nothing? Where was God at on 9/11? Where is God when the accident occurs or cancer strikes?

-We look from a human perspective: if I were God…Not on my watch.

-We list a lot of things we would do differently than God but we would also give a lot less grace.

-Isaiah 44: 6-8: God’s ways are not our ways, nor his thoughts our thoughts. 

#2) Why are there so many religions? One is better. Are millions of good people wrong & condemned?

#3) Why are there so many bad Christians? Over centuries, horrible sins commissioned & committed…Inquisition, Crusades, Salem Witch Trials, slavery, abuse in Catholic & Baptist churches. Hypocritical Christian lives that don’t line up with beliefs. 

3 Arguments for Faith

#1) Evolution touted for decades that evidence of God can’t exist. Among scientists, the argument is losing ground as they discover more. Clear intelligence & beauty like nature all around us and the human body alone has billions of cells. 

#2) Moral standards. When we say something wrong, we contrast it to a standard of right. What determines right? A person/party in power? In some regimes, execute rebels. We are not bothered when a lion chases down a gazelle, but angered by powerful people abusing the weak. Why?

#3) Search for meaning. A purpose for existence; that we are here for a reason.

Arguments don’t often convince, but they do support what we believe. God gives us a lot of evidence of his existence. Do you believe and live like Jesus or is your faith fake like the knock-off purses?