When Do Faith and Logic Part Company?

Answer 1

To quote Avalon De Witt, “Most of our beliefs are formed without our conscious awareness and we rarely question them. We learn our beliefs from our families, the media, our culture, our friends, our experiences and the collective consciousness. What's most important is whether or not our beliefs are helping us or hindering us.” (Avalon De Witt, AskAvalon.com)

“To believe in something is not the same as knowing something. Intrinsic to the concept of belief is (the) implication that there is an opposite to belief, disbelief. Not everyone will believe something is true, but all sane and rational people will acknowledge an observable fact.

The only way belief can be experienced is in the mind. Facts can be experienced both in the mind and by the senses...and what is more, unlike a mental hallucination, the sensory experience can be shared with others.

It is a common error of human beings to allow belief, to allow a mental construct accepted on faith, to become so important, so obsessive, that it is taken as the same thing as fact. Indeed, there are many emotional reasons why a person might be driven to do this, but it still remains that any belief is purely mental whatever it's origin, and the mind can be mistaken.

This means that all beliefs have as part of them an implied doubt. Facts cannot be doubted, they are observably real.

When belief is assumed to be fact, when this mistake is made by a mind clouded by a motivation to assume belief as fact, that belief is considered beyond doubt, just as is a fact.

Beliefs beyond doubt are inherently dangerous. They are dangerous because they are often acted upon as though they were facts, and the inherent weakness of this is that a belief is not a fact.

Beliefs can be, and often are, wrong.” (Jennifer Diane Reitz)

This then is where faith and logic part company. When belief, upon which faith is built, tries to masquerade as fact. When we defend belief, despite the facts.

Answer 2

That's a great question! I can think of one example - in an emergency situation for instance - like you've heard the one about the car accident and the child ends up alive but under the car and the mother somehow finds the supernatural strength to lift the car and get out her child. She is certainly acting in faith - that she can lift the car - and obviously logic would dictate that of course she cannot. Oh and of course in love....faith and logic often part company when someone is "in love" - the head may be saying he or she is a jerk while the heart is going oh, but I love them....

Answer 3

You must use logic to determine if your faith in somthing is justified therefor they do not part company but are conected. You therefor have faith in whatever higher being that you may believe in and have a connection with spiritually.

Answer 4

You and me live in A World that has A total death rate, you are going to die. Faith is something in James 2:19 the devil has he believes and trembles, Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen Heb 11:1, The Holy Bible a lot of it is prophecy and God is someone who has always been here and always will be, He sent the Second Member of The Godhead Jesus Christ to open the Way for you to get out of the grave your walking in now, when your logic needs to leave is when it goes against ANYTHING that blocks The Way of escape, The Bible has within it instructions for getting out of here, free bible lessons www.itiswritten.com and investagte for yourself the claims of The Holy Bible and God bless you. bible questions www.bibleinfo.com

Answer 5

Faith has hope in things that are yet unseen where logic is only in what one can rationalize or see. Jesus said, without faith, you can not please God. He also said, when he comes back, will he find any faith on the earth. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe. They will be greatly rewarded.

Answer 6

Faith and reason are compatable. In fact, they are complimentary.

It was on the headlines every day for a week what the Pope said about faith and reason, that caused the Mulems to riot, and you missed it?

Answer 7

Almost immediately. I can agree there has to be a first cause. If you want to take the Bible as the word of God, you have to dispose of logic as soon as you come to the story of Adam and Eve. Of course, that is just my opinion. I respect whatever anybody wants to believe.

Answer 8

As soon as you open The Holy Bible. Or any other religious book. Logic flies out the window.

Answer 9

I think people go to far with Religion, Logic is more important here, but when do they part? is when you talk about how life was created, why does it matter now when we can all find out when were dead?

J.A.

Answer 10

faith = belief logic = reason based on facts


beliefs does not = reason based on facts