Do you believe even without seeing or you need to see to believe it?
By brienn
@brienn (825)
Philippines
August 12, 2009 6:08am CST
Good day fellow MyLotters,
"To see is to believe" these are mostly one of the words we often heard to someone, if we are trying to explain something strange or we are trying to encouraging someone to join like for example in PTC. Have you experience someone say this words to you? Well for me I have experienced it many times and I have also experienced saying these words to someone too. But now I never used this words anymore, because sometimes when I attended a mass one Sunday, our parish priest have tackled about this in his homily, his story is like this:
One day a child is asking his uncle why he didn't believe that God really exist, the uncle replied, "why should I believed that, does anyone of you who believed that God exist have seen him, well for me I cant believed on anything that I didn't see, to see is to believed" then the child think for a moment, then he ask another question to his uncle, "uncle have you seen your brain?", then the uncle hurriedly replied "how can I see it, when it is inside my head, no I didn't see my brain yet", then the child replied, "maybe you don't have any brains at all, cause as you have said to see is to believed".
Will you still answer to see is to believed? 
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11 responses
@brienn (825)
• Philippines
14 Aug 09
Yeah it is very true not all that we can see are true, like for example the attitude of a some back fighters out there, when they are in front of you what you see is a good friend, but you didn't when they are at your back they telling some bad things about you.
@Cestbon (5)
• China
13 Aug 09
The story is really meaningful!And,funny!I like it.
When I heard something,I always analyse it at first.But sometimes we can't understand things all by our experiences and have-knowns.World is full of amazes.Instict is another good help sometimes.HaHa
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. And you are right about that instincts is one of the good help when deciding weather to believe something or not 
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@smileonstar (4007)
• United States
12 Aug 09
I will choose the "to see to believe"... I mostly dont believe what people say until they show me something or until I see it to believe it...
People can say whatever they want but actually it might turn out to be something else
@LiveLove (443)
• United States
12 Aug 09
I need to indulge all of my senses and then reflect on what I learned before I come to a final decision. If I have previously knowledge on what requires a specific act to be realistic, then I can believe without seeing. Me not knowing about a specific claim being made would require a bit more effort on my part to understand before I can believe or disbelieve something.
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@klwheretogo (230)
• Malaysia
12 Aug 09
it really depends on the context where you apply this. if you are talking about religion, then you no need to see it in order to believe it!
But if you are talking about science and technology, then i better see it to believe it. talk do not guarantee the truth. only eyes can tell.
@frinces (433)
• Philippines
13 Aug 09
Yes. The phrase is synonymous with the term "faith". Faith means believing on things that cannot be seen. There are things that cannot be seen and yet you need to believe it. These are abstract things, creatures, and nature that will last and will not perish.
@chillpill90 (1936)
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12 Aug 09
generally i go by seeing is believing.But there are some stuff that i believe without seeing like belief in God.
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@divkris (1156)
• India
12 Aug 09
THat was a good one :)
Honestly speaking I do both and it depends on the person who is telling me something. If it is my mother or some trusty friend i don't have to see to believe it. But if i get a news from one of my acquaintance or a stranger i would like to see it to believe it :)
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