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To ask do you have ‘blind faith’?

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NameChange23456790 · 07/09/2025 07:45

I ask this question as I read about the canonisation of Carlo Acutis. Whose mother travelled to many churches around the world, the first miracle attributed to him was a woman’s breast cancer disappeared after she prayed to him.

To me to believe this, your faith must be blind, as the same God who would give this power to a 15 year old also gives power to the likes of Putin and Netanyahu.

I’m trying to get it, like I’m trying to think how could I even if I was a Catholic believe humans perform miracles.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yg5me8dvlo

A boy with dark curly hair in a red polo shit stands, smiling at the camera, with his hands on his hips, in front of a field and hills

Carlo Acutis: From London baptism to first millennial saint

Before his death at 15, Carlo Acutis was known for his love of technology and had created a website to document miracles.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yg5me8dvlo

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RhaenysRocks · 07/09/2025 07:53

I'll start by saying I'm an atheist with a theology degree and thirty years experience teaching RS. Most peoples' faith is not "blind". It's careful and considered and thoughtful. Some of the most intelligent people in history have been deeply religious. Not everything is definable and scientifically provable.

How do you feel about love OP? Love for romantic partners, family, life long friends? Is it a real thing? Is it just hormones? Transactional? Or something more? Faith is not dissimilar in my view, to love. In some ways it is deeply irrational but it is not "blind". There are reasons for it . If you accept miracles it's not because you are gullible or stupid but because you see the world through a filter of the existence of a higher power. The q you raised about Putin etc is called theodicy..why does a Good God allow evil. The simple answer is free will and accountability. It's up to us to put people in power, fail to stop them, support them etc. What's the alternative? A puppet world where there can be no morality.