Logic/Reasoning vs. Faith/Beleif? Is there a conflict? Is one the tool of Satan and other the grace of God?
2006-07-19 11:09:51 · 13 answers · asked by Jack Meoff 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'd prefer to believe that God would not have given us the ability to question if He did not want us to do so.
To more directly answer your question, faith begins where knowledge ends, so no, there is no conflict.
2006-07-19 11:13:47 · answer #1 · answered by Kord, the Seeker 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, both faith and reason are gifts from God. Pope John Paul II even wrote an encyclical entitled "Fides et Ratio" (Latin for "Faith and Reason"). Many great philosophers and theologians (St. Thomas Aquinas prominent among them) demonstrated convincingly the compatibility of faith and reason.
2006-07-19 11:14:18 · answer #2 · answered by kcchaplain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By using logic and reasoning one can come to the same conclusions that one has by blind faith, that there is an intelligent design in the order of things.
2006-07-19 11:14:23 · answer #3 · answered by too_live_forever 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, God wants us to use both logic and faith. They go hand in hand. Paul certainly thought so, as did Jesus, Job, and many other people in the Bible. I'd give some verses but I am too tired to look for them. If you really want them, factorfiction16@yahoo.com
But anyways, God, according to his word, wants us to think and use the brain he gave us.
2006-07-19 19:29:52 · answer #4 · answered by Kiko 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does not want you to think, if he did he would have offered the tree of knowledge to Adam, instead Adam and eve got punished for obtaining freedom to think and were evicted from said garden. This ability to think is still considered the original sin in Christianity. What more can be said.
2006-07-19 11:15:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Logic is vital to Faith. God is the source of all logic and is Himself supremely logical.
2006-07-19 11:20:42 · answer #6 · answered by Dysthymia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God wants us to make informed decisions in this life, so no, I don't think gathering information is in opposition to God's will. Knowing how Satan works can help us to understand his tactics, and defend against them. Knowing about Satan doesn't mean we worship or follow him.
2006-07-19 11:21:41 · answer #7 · answered by Todd F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. there is a reason for everything. logic is not
as static as some would have is believe, what is logical
to you may not be to me. this is why we are all unique.
it is egotistic to believe one has the answers for every
one. for one thing, the questions keep changing and
therefore so do the most logical of the answers.
2006-07-19 11:17:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. faith is devoid of logic or reasoning. you are told to believe something and do without question. to believers, free thinking is the work of the devil. ideally, believers would all want everyone to simply follow and obey without question....like slaves.
2006-07-19 11:14:20 · answer #9 · answered by YOU WILL BOW TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Alot of times, philosophy and faith go hand in hand.
2006-07-19 11:13:42 · answer #10 · answered by The Apple Chick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋