And once you saw his chest rise, would you cease to believe it because you knew it?
No, I would more than just believe it, I'd know it for sure. It is a step further than believe.
To
believe is to
assume. To
know is to have
solid evidence or absolute proof.
I
believe my old school is still standing, I wouldn't
know it unless I drove over there and looked at it. Having someone tell me that it is still standing is not absolute proof. That is assuming they are telling me truth. This sounds petty I know, but it shows us how many things we think we know, but really just assume because the odds in in favor of it.
To believe and to know share a common element. All we have to do is look at a definition:
4 know
be aware of the truth of something;
have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"
Definition of know - WordReference.com Dictionary
In essence, to know is to believe without a shadow of a doubt.
Correct, without a SHADOW of a doubt
I would say there are many things which we know 100%. I know I'm here. I know this desk is in front of me and this pc. I can't count the number of things in my immediate proximity which I am certain are here.
Although Tom and I agree on few other things. This in one in which we agree wholeheartedly.
I also know that God exists, there is proof of His existence and that the evidence is even available to you.
What is this proof? What is this evidence? I can't get this from you or Tom. I "feel" like there is most likely a higher power because my conscience has conversations with me in my head. I believe that is God speaking to me. But that's just me. I can't tell someone else that the existence of god is a fact. There is no way to prove it. You just choose to believe or not.
The proof is evident to me. But even objective evidence is challenged. Because the object is viewed differently by each subjective mind.
Again what is your proof? What if this were a court of law? Do you just have "circumstantial evidence?" I am not trying to "disprove" God. I hope and pray and believe there is a god, but I have yet to hear something concrete enough to go around telling others that they are wrong if they don't believe.
I would ask you then, to explain why you believe in God and perhaps I can begin from there to explain why I know that God exists.
]I believe mostly because I want to. I would hate to think I am out here on this limb called life all by myself.
I'm fairly certain that the same proof you have which leads you to suspect that God exists is the same evidence which has convinced me beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Scripture is one of the proofs of God's existence. We must remember that these are first hand, eyewitness written testimonies of God's existence.
I do not believe this is any kind of proof. Too much time has gone by, been through too many translations, been left up to too many interpretations, and the variables are too many. Just because someone wrote it doesn't mean they got it right. You just assume they did.
Sincerely,
De Maria