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zipplewrath

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6. There's not much "reason" in faith

Thu Apr 18, 2019, 12:37 PM

Apr 2019

You can't really "threaten" beliefs with reason. Beliefs are generally about the unknowable. Yes, there are those that have goofy "beliefs" that are falsifiable. But the vast majority of belief is about the unknowable. Of course knowledge expands over time so what is unknowable at one time might become knowable at another. That is when a faith can be tested. Most fail the test.

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Is FAITH compatible with REASON? [View all] Soph0571 Apr 2019 OP

Not really zipplewrath Apr 2019 #1

Honest faith. MarvinGardens Apr 2019 #3

Yup zipplewrath Apr 2019 #4

It is expressly not, and believers even admit so. trotsky Apr 2019 #2

There's not much "reason" in faith zipplewrath Apr 2019 #6

No. Faith is used as a substitute for reason, when reason MineralMan Apr 2019 #5

So long as faith REQUIRES the suspension of reason... Major Nikon Apr 2019 #7

Yes. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #8

I keep looking for a person of faith who MineralMan Apr 2019 #9

Your answer reveals nothing other than your own opinion. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #10

No. It reveals more than that. MineralMan Apr 2019 #11

I accept that you truly believe this unprovable assertion. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #12

Oh, please... MineralMan Apr 2019 #13

No, I do have faith. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #14

.. MineralMan Apr 2019 #15

Faith means 2+2 equals cabana... uriel1972 Apr 2019 #16

Your own opinion Lordquinton Apr 2019 #17

Theories are not beliefs without evidence Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #18

I have no text to add to this reply... NeoGreen Apr 2019 #19

Many say they are "separate magisteria" or realms Bretton Garcia Apr 2019 #20

Many say Trump is an excellent President. MineralMan Apr 2019 #21

I'd agree that faith is not very compatible with reason Bretton Garcia Apr 2019 #22