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    Faith, hope and doubt are discussed in relation to salvation. Specifically, it is argued that: 1) Traditional Christianity claims belief in God and Christ is necessary for salvation and doubt will lead to damnation. 2) However, Louis Pojman argues that belief is not necessary for faith or salvation. 3) He claims that faith, which is required for salvation, is a commitment to a religion or worldview, not belief, and one can have faith and hope even without belief if evidence is insufficient.

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    Faith, hope and doubt are discussed in relation to salvation. Specifically, it is argued that: 1) Traditional Christianity claims belief in God and Christ is necessary for salvation and doubt will lead to damnation. 2) However, Louis Pojman argues that belief is not necessary for faith or salvation. 3) He claims that faith, which is required for salvation, is a commitment to a religion or worldview, not belief, and one can have faith and hope even without belief if evidence is insufficient.

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    Faith, hope and doubt are discussed in relation to salvation. Specifically, it is argued that: 1) Traditional Christianity claims belief in God and Christ is necessary for salvation and doubt will lead to damnation. 2) However, Louis Pojman argues that belief is not necessary for faith or salvation. 3) He claims that faith, which is required for salvation, is a commitment to a religion or worldview, not belief, and one can have faith and hope even without belief if evidence is insufficient.

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    Faith, Hope and Doubt

    Louis Pojman

     Metaphysical proposition- “God exists”


     Traditionally, in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam- right belief is necessary for salvation

     Claims of Orthodox Christianity:


    1. That faith in God and Christ entails belief that God exists and that Christ is God
    incarnate
    2. That without faith we are damned to eternal hell

    So, Doubt is an unacceptable propositional attitude.

     Is Belief a necessary condition for saving Faith?


     According to traditional Christianity, belief is a necessary condition for
    salvation.
     St. Paul says in Roman 10:10, “If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord
    and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be
    saved.”
     The Athanasian Creed, an official doctrine of Orthodox Christianity, states
    that salvation requires that one believe not only that God exists but also that
    God is triune and that Christ is perfect God and perfect man.
     The basic Argument:
    1. Faith in God through Christ is a necessary and sufficient condition for eternal
    salvation.
    2. Belief that God exists is a necessary condition for faith.
    3. Therefore, belief is a necessary condition for salvation.
    4. Therefore, doubt, the absence of belief, is an unacceptable attitude for
    salvation. No doubter will be saved.

    Definition of Terms:

    1. Belief- an involuntary assenting of the mind to a proposition (a “yessing” to a


    proposition), a feeling of conviction about a proposition.
    - this is a non-volitional event (will not involved, no control over )
    2. Acceptance- deciding to include p in the set of propositions that you are willing to
    act on in certain contexts, a volitional act.
    3. Faith- a commitment to something (e.g. a person, hypothesis, religion or worldview).
    Faith is a deep kind of acceptance. It involves commitment to its object.
    For Louis Pojman:

    Summary:

    a. Belief is not necessary for religious faith


    b. Because Faith-which is necessary for being religious-does not require
    belief.
    c. One may NOT be able to believe in God because the evidence is
    insufficient, but one may still live in hope, committed to a theistic
    worldview.
    d. The theistic worldview holds that there is an infinite personal God who is
    the creator of the universe, and also supernaturally acts on things in it.
    e. Faith involves hope not belief.

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