Is FAITH compatible with REASON?

[MineralMan]

5. No. Faith is used as a substitute for reason, when reason

cannot provide verification of something believed. In religion, reason and logic are used in a different way than in science, for example. By positing that an all-powerful, all-knowing deity exists, anything can be called truth, using an imitation of logical reasoning.

The problem is that the initial premise cannot be shown to be true, and without that premise, the rest of the logic breaks down. Faith is the thing that is used to make the initial premise true, so everything can follow from that.

However, faith is not proof of anything, so the initial premise is not known to be true. It is merely believed to be true. All logic that depends on that initial premise, then, is flawed and void.

All theistic religion is based on that faulty logic and such an initial premise, which often goes unstated, but is referenced in the argument.

The answer to your question is no.