LIFE AFTER DEATH
Sir,-I wish I could impress upon those correspondents who declare that a future life is a scientific fact that they are not doing God’s will but opposing it. It is perfectly obvious that if the Bible could be proved true, then faith would not be required. In such an event the Bible’s message would be accepted in the same manner as we now accept the theory that a machine heavier than air can fly. Nobody nowadays would say "It is my faith that a machine heavier than air can fly." Cohsequently, if the Bible ‘ could be proved true, it would be ridicu_lous to say, "It is my faith that the Bible is true." Proving thé truth of the Bible makes faith unnecessary. If faith is unnecessary, the Bible is useless. The many astounding feats performed by spiritualists, faith healers and hypnotists do not prove the Bible to be true; but they do prove, in many cases at least, the power of faith. This power is the greatest force in the world. Your correspondent Roy Escott says, "A spiritualist’s faith is built on sure knowledge." He misunderstands what faith is. For his information, faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Some of your correspondents have a peculiar faith which could be described as "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things seén."
D.
MARTIN
(Palmerston North).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 666, 10 April 1952, Page 5
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237LIFE AFTER DEATH New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 666, 10 April 1952, Page 5
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