{"id":1758,"date":"2026-07-29T06:32:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciple4.com\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2026-07-29T06:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:32:45","slug":"20-reasons-why-my-faith-is-not-built-on-irrational-blind-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciple4.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/20-reasons-why-my-faith-is-not-built-on-irrational-blind-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"20 REASONs why my faith is not built on “irraTional blind faith”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the book Confident Faith by Mark Mittleberg. The title of this article is my own and not the one he used. I strongly recommend this book to Christians. It will help you give a meaningful account in a highly secularised society and one that is compromised by superficial popular thought. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 1  \u2192  <\/strong>Design in the universe points to an intelligent designer<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 2  \u2192  <\/strong>Fine-tuning in the universe points to an intentional fine-tuner<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 3  \u2192  <\/strong>Information encoded into DNA points to a divine encoder<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 4  \u2192  <\/strong>The beginning of the universe points to a divine originator<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 5  \u2192  <\/strong>The sense of morality throughout the human race points to a moral lawgiver<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 6  \u2192  <\/strong>The Bible shows itself to be a uniquely consistent<\/em> religious book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 7  \u2192  <\/strong>The Bible is a uniquely historical<\/em> religious book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 8  \u2192  <\/strong>The Bible is a uniquely preserved<\/em> work of antiquity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 9  \u2192  <\/strong>Archaeology shows the Bible to be a powerfully verified<\/em> book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 10  \u2192  <\/strong>The Bible shows itself to be a uniquely honest<\/em> religious book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 11  \u2192  <\/strong>Miracles<\/em>, performed in the presence of believers and critics alike, point to the prophets, apostles, and Jesus as messengers of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 12  \u2192  <\/strong>Fulfilled prophecies<\/em> point to the Bible as a divinely inspired book and to Jesus as the unique Messiah of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 13  \u2192  <\/strong>Jesus\u2019 sinless life<\/em> backed up his claim to be the Son of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 14  \u2192  <\/strong>Jesus\u2019 resurrection<\/em> powerfully established his credentials as the Son of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 15  \u2192  <\/strong>The emergence of the church<\/em> points to the authenticity of its message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 16  \u2192  <\/strong>The changed lives of early skeptics<\/em> affirmed the truth of Jesus\u2019 resurrection and the teachings of the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 17  \u2192  <\/strong>The willingness of the disciples to die<\/em> for claims they knew to be true affirms the trustworthiness of their claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 18  \u2192  <\/strong>The changed minds of many modern skeptics<\/em> further support the Christian truth claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 19  \u2192  <\/strong>The testimonies of countless believers<\/em> throughout history attest to the reality of God and the validity of following Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arrow 20  \u2192  <\/strong>It\u2019s true because Jesus said so<\/em>\u2014and he has the credentials to speak with authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the book Confident Faith by Mark Mittleberg. The title of this article is my own and not the one he used. I strongly recommend this book to Christians. It will help you give a meaningful account in a highly secularised society and one that is compromised by superficial popular thought. Arrow 1  \u2192  Design […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciple4.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciple4.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciple4.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciple4.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciple4.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/disciple4.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1759,"href":"https:\/\/disciple4.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758\/revisions\/1759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciple4.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciple4.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciple4.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}