By Tin-chee (TC) Lo (盧天赐)
“A Leap of Faith” is a phrase oftentimes used by secularists to sneer at Christians of their having blind faith. Therefore, “A Leap of Faith” is a phrase typically means to believe something with little or no evidence. In that sense, it has a negative connotation for Christianity because the Christian faith is not without evidences.
For example, when we believe in the resurrection of Christ, we never take a leap of faith, we took pain to examine all evidences.
I like Lee Strobel’s definition: “Faith means to go in the direction where the evidences point.”
Also, Ravi Zacharias, in order to give a proper balance between faith and reason, said: “God has put enough into the world to make faith in Him a most reasonable thing, and He has left enough to make it impossible to live by sheer reason.”
Jesus never asks us to “take a leap of faith”. On the contrary, He asked us to “look before you leap.” (Luke 14:28). Therefore, “A Leap of Faith” is not faith. That’s credulity. That’s superstition.
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如何理解 “信仰的飛躍” 一詞?
“信仰的飛躍 (a leap of faith)” 是世俗主義者經常用來嘲笑基督徒盲目信仰的短語。因此， 這個短語通常意味著在很少或沒有證據的情況下相信某事。從這個意義上說，它對基督教具有負面含義，因為基督教信仰並非沒有證據。
例如，當我們相信基督的複活時，我們從來沒有「信仰的飛躍」，我們費盡心思去檢驗所有的證據。
我喜歡Lee Strobe 的定義：“信仰意味著朝著證據指向的方向前進。”
另外，為了在信仰和理性之間取得適當的平衡，有人說：“上帝在世界上投入了足夠的東西，使對祂的信仰成為最合理的事情，而他也留下了足夠的東西，使人不可能完全靠理性生活。”
耶穌從來沒有要求我們作出 “信仰的飛躍”。相反，他要求我們 “三思而後行 （Look before you leap” (路加福音 14:28). 因此, “信仰的飛躍” 不是信心, 乃是輕信。乃是迷信。
