Why does God require faith?

[dominusprinceps]

All right, my question is a little complicated. The Bible and the Church both proclaim the essential need for faith in God. I know there is no proof of God, and I imagine that there will never be. If you can prove the existence of God, how then can you have Faith in his existence? I don’t have faith in the existence of my desk. I have proof.

however, it has been my observation that people crave proof. I am one of them. How can God require blind faith in his existence when by our nature we require proof? I have been thinking about this for quite some time and cannot reconcile it with myself.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Hi,

One can show that positing faith in God is not unreasonable. One can indeed show the necessity of a God with the argument from design. All else about God we must posit by faith.

God does not demand blind faith from us. He has gone to great lengths to encourage our faith in Him and His love for us. Hanging on a cross for three hours does not demand a faith that is blind, but a faith that is informed. He has given us plenty of reason to trust Him. That we must trust Him is one of our greatest gifts from Him because it is in trusting Him that we show our love for Him. What else have we to give Him but that!

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.