Summary Richard Swinburne The Nature of Faith .edited.docx Richard Swinburne, œThe Nature of Faith Grand Canyon University: PHI-403 Throughout the Old and New Testament, the bible tells us to have faith in God, but since faith is a wide-ranging term

Richard Swinburne The Nature of Faith . Richard Swinburne, œThe Nature of Faith Grand Canyon University: PHI-403 Throughout the Old and New Testament, the bible tells us to have faith in God, but since faith is a wide-ranging term, what are the characteristics of faith? What is faith? Faith is trust, an example of this could be trusted in yourself, trust in science, and argue trust in a God. A closer investigation proves thatthere are different models of faith. The atheist would argue that faith is religious trust in an unjustified belief that is based on unverifiedproof. The non-Christian would say that if faith is real it needs to be proven by natural evidence or methodical recreation, i.e. believe that the chair I am sitting in will hold my weight because the designer who created it has already calculated it and made the structure to do so, therefore each time I sit down my chair will hold my body, so I can have tru