What do you base your faith on?

I was raised Christian - Baptist, actually - and so my faith initially was taught by man. But somewhere along the way, and when I was very young, I felt God call to me. I was baptized in my church, but stopped attending not long after that - when I was about 12, I stopped going regularly. Man's idea of God - in many cases - is so out of tune with what my heart tells me God is that it is painful at times. So much hate comes from man-taught religion, and to me, God is love, forgiveness, and acceptance. God understands my moments of weakness, and He forgives them - I don't need to pray nightly or say 10 Hail Mary's or however you do it for His forgiveness. God loves us as His children, and like all parents, that love is unconditional...and the church has stepped away from that theology. So to get back to your question - initially my faith was based on what I was taught. Now it is based on what I feel and know in my heart, and that's much more potent than anything a man could teach me.

I baeed my faith on what the bible says. There is a guidelines to follow , I heard faith for the first time with my parents, and they occasionally go with them on churches. Man's teaching is not true faith but if his teachings would be based on the bible surely it is a true faith. God give the power of the prophets to spread the word of God and thats faith, even the priest and the pastors.

I base my faith on what God has taught me. I have been through so much and seeing what I have seen makes me know that there is a God and that I have a strong faith in Him. What the Bible says is true and shows me that everyday in the little things. He saw me through cancer and performed so many miracles during that time that I just cannot deny Him.

I was brought up as a Christian, although my parents didn't got to church regularly. However, I must have had a spiritual need from a young age, because from the age of 11 I went to church regularly, on my own. I loved to learn the teachings from the Bible, and they have given me a good basis for the rest of my life. I don't go to church anymore as I feel that we can worship God and Jesus where-ever we are, and I am wary of what is being preached by mere man - but my faith is based solidly on the Bible and I use it as a guide in my everyday life. If we all followed the teachings of the Bible this world would be a far better place.

According to the bible, faith cometh from hearing and hearing the word of God. So the basis of my faith is in His own word. I believe in God, I believe in his word, and i believe in the bible which is His tool of communicating with me and the rest of the believer.

I think all kids believe what their parents teach them and then later challenge it on their own. My parents weren't practicing but they sent me to Catholic School. At first I swallowed it hook line and sinker but then I questioned it. I have returned to the church recently after many years and am better for it. I have a more realistic understanding of God in the world and in my life.

My faith is based on the blessing I have recieved from God. I was raised in a very abusive home and through Gods mercy I have learned about kindness and forgiveness.

"Faith is the affirmation and the act that bids eternal truth be present fact." - Coleridge.