2006-11-01 11:27:28 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If it was rational it wouldn't require faith. People don't need faith to believe in rational ideas supported by good reasons and evidence. But if you want to believe in things supported by bad reasons and no evidence you need faith. "Faith is believing what you know ain't so." Mark Twain
2006-11-01 11:32:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The mind of many, will look at the concept of beleiving in God as "foolishness", but when asked why don't they believe in God....there is no rational answer.
I have come to the conclusion, that all of creation can not create itself. From the very beginning of creation, something had to spark it into life. I look at the electric waves that pass from our brain into the rest of our body, and rationalize...."How in the world does the electric waves know when and where to travel in my body?"........It is rational to beleive in God, for creation did not create itself. There had to be and is and was an outside force.
2006-11-01 19:30:26 · answer #2 · answered by Tiff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I would look into Reformed Epistemology and the way they construct rationality of belief in God from "basic beliefs" (as the sensus divinitatus) of Foundationalism.
The only worthwhile critique of it comes from the Infidels site. The criticism is that Plantinga (tha author) needs a Cartesian mind to pull of the argument. If a pragmatist mind is adopted, the argument fails. This is all well and good, but a pragmatist mind is anti-realist anyway, so the point is moot.
2006-11-01 19:33:40 · answer #3 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Although you can rationalize anything, the term rational and god should not be used in a sentence without "is not" in between.
2006-11-01 20:13:31 · answer #4 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than rational- As God says:
Psalm 14:1
"The fool says in his heart, there is no god"
So you would be a fool to say there is no God.
Read Romans 1:20 --Very clear-- and VERY Convincing!
2006-11-01 19:41:31 · answer #5 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is rational to believe in God. But it is irrational to blindly follow religion without using your own mind.
2006-11-01 21:42:23 · answer #6 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given the abundant evidence of creation, I'd have to say it is rational to believe in God. It is sheer blindness or outright denial not to believe in Him.
2006-11-01 19:50:33 · answer #7 · answered by Kidd! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, no one knows for sure whether God exists, though some said God had spoken to them in some way, the majority of us haven't (Or maybe haven't realized?) People who are religious stick to their morals and do what they think is morally right, and don't do what they think is morally wrong. Though it doesn't mean that if you don't believe in God you are a horrible person who would go to hell one day. To believe or not to believe in God is your choice, it's not rational or irrational.
2006-11-01 19:32:44 · answer #8 · answered by J 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I should hope so. Only rational beings can be treated with any ethical considerations, according to Kant, a famous philosopher. So if worshipping god makes you an irrational bring, then we don't have to treat you with anymore respect than we would a cricket.
2006-11-01 19:30:23 · answer #9 · answered by Random 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God cannot be conceptualized because we can't relate God to anything in the world. Being infinite, God is beyond time-space limits. But God can be experienced if you really wish for and open your heart and mind.
Whatever you believe about God, that God is not going to be bigger than your mind. The bigger your mind becomes, the bigger your God also becomes.
2006-11-01 19:33:25 · answer #10 · answered by John 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋