Believe Only What You See?

Why believe in God? You can't see Him, so why believe in Him? There's a new book out by Sam Harris called "Letter To a Christian Nation." It's similar to Bertrand Russell's book, "Why I Am Not a Christian" published in 1927. Sam Harris is a determined atheist who wants to "demolish the intellectual and moral pretensions of Christianity in it's most committed forms." This reminds me of the Chronicles of Narnia movie where the older kids are talking to the Professor about Lucy's belief in a land beyond the wardrobe. The Professor asks them why they don't believe. Peter and Susan talk about how hard it is to believe in something you can't see. Then the Professor says maybe you should start believing in your family. I think there's a lot of wisdom in that comment. What matters most in the culture we live in is not just being able to present intellectual arguments in why we believe in God (faith as a noun) but actually living out our faith as family (faith as a verb). To live the faith in context of a family is to give proof to the faith that we believe intellectually. Most likely you believe in Jesus because you see Him through the actions of a follower of Jesus. So may you live a life in the context of community in such a way as to make real the life of Christ. For "blessed are those who have not seen and yet believed." -John 20:29 These are the days my friend.
Jim "Train"