There are many among us who would resist embracing Christianity based on blind faith. We cling to the idea that we must personally experience or witness confirming events before we can believe.  Ironically, the very concept of faith requires that we accept that which we have not personally witnessed. We must accept the testimony of those who felt compelled to share their experience. That is, of course, the very foundation of all faith. It is also the biggest stumbling block, the greatest challenge.

In a world ruled by science and logic, how can we expect to embrace ideas and tales of events that seem so removed from our own experiences? How can we embrace blind faith in the concepts of God, the afterlife, and the path to get there?

The answer lies in the fact that we routinely have blind faith in the very things that support accepting the existence of God and all that implies.

Science, and the logic that supports science, are consistently accepted by most of humanity. This, despite the fact that most of the conclusions of science are beyond our comprehension. Even the most dedicated science practitioners would admit that they are, in fact, basing their beliefs on logical conclusions rather than direct observation.

Science tells us that travel to the nearest star outside our solar system is measured in “light years,” the time it would take to make the journey, traveling at the speed of light. Somehow, science has managed to calculate the speed of light, although no one has direct experience in such a concept. It’s all mathematics, and we accept those conclusions based on the testimony of those who have made those calculations. We take it on faith – blind faith.

Much of the science we rely upon is based on observation of the results of chemical reactions or physical interactions rather than the action itself. Many of these actions cannot be directly observed due to the limitations of our five senses. Yet, we accept these conclusions via blind faith.

The size of an atom, the pull of gravity, the wavelength of light that our eyes cannot detect, the radiation from radioactive material, the sounds that our dog can hear, but we cannot – these are all examples of concepts that most of us have no real experience with, yet we accept them with blind faith.

We have experience with blind faith in scientific principles. With that as a foundation, it isn’t too big a stretch to recognize that those same acceptances give credence to faith in an invisible God who has somehow engineered all that we experience and observe – and so much more that we have yet to discover.