2006-12-12 05:24:18 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You will never be able to know the "truth" from the limited perspective of human intellegence. With only 5 (sometimes 6) senses, there will always be gaps, no matter how narrow they become. Whoever you are, if you think you know "truth", you are acting on faith or ignorence. Take your pick.
2006-12-12 07:14:54 · answer #1 · answered by character 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can seek "the truth" your entire life and may never find it. It's easier in some cases to have faith, but it might be a misplaced faith, such as in a cult. I would have to opt for seeking the truth as what requires more intelligence, being that you have to have an open mind to make a sound judgement. Still, this is no guarantee that you actually found the "truth."
2006-12-12 13:30:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having faith alone and professing with your lips gives you nothing and this is what modern day Christians do. It breeds complacency and gives them the thought that they are exempt from the Law. Which leads them to believe they can live their life in total ignorance and still be seen as righteous. Faith without works is dead. If you don't live the truth you have in word, thought, desire and deed then the little you have will be taken away from you.
Genuine faith is seeking truth because it requires one to live in accordance of the royal law and to seek out the kingdom within. It requires super effort because when you genuinely seek truth then you are climbing Jacob's ladder and you must reach for a higher rung each time you progress further. Letting go of concepts you once had to grasp higher realities, because what is true today may only be partially true tomorrow. Or as given in Isaiah:
Whom will He teach knowledge? And whom will He make to understand the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just drawn from the breasts? For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little (Isaiah 28:9-10).
As you climb up more you will think you have reached the end but you will look up and see there is more rungs to climb. Press forward to reach the top and reach completion.
Peace
Aza
2006-12-12 13:35:20 · answer #3 · answered by Aza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question can be seen as offensive, because although there is a correlation in intelligence and "Seeking the truth," that does not mean one has less intelligence by default of having faith.
I'm guessing that "Seeking the truth" means researching things in a rational manner.
2006-12-12 13:42:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously it is seeking truth. Anyone can have faith and blindly follow what their forefathers followed. But looking and searching for the truth actually requires you to use your ability to reason. After one has looked at every faith with an open and unbiased mind they will see what the truth is.
2006-12-12 13:59:17 · answer #5 · answered by HijabiMuslimah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes little intelliigence to have faith, but it takes a thinking person to want to seek for truth.
2006-12-12 13:33:31 · answer #6 · answered by AnnieD 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are one in the same. Like Jesus & the Father. Like a tree & it's branches. Or the sun & it's rays. Having faith is the only thing in life to truly accomplish, all else is failure. Searching for the truth of God and existence are faith.
2006-12-12 13:53:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith used in the modern world is in error, it is highly suspect and does not correlate with the manner in which intellectual mystics of the Church spoke pre-4th century. Faith is never along, it only exist for the prospects of gnosis - spiritual knowledge, truths. To be "faithful" is to have knowledge, or "truth" that you make applicable towards an ideal of "attainment". And this type of faith is not blind, and is not ignorant of the need of proof. In fact, this faith begs for you to prove all things within yourself, to make use of what you "know" to have genuine results towards an ideal. So faith is suppose to reflect in thought, desire, action, and deed what you know. And the attainment of this gnosis is edifyingly comfortable. We are to prove all things, the fulfillment of the result of proof is the fact to apply what you know to receive this enlightenment.
Scientist do the same thing, before they set out to prove their assertions, they have to apply what they know towards an ideal. Faith is applying knowledge towards an ideal. So I would say faith of the old world can not be excluded from truth, since intellect could be also seen in exercising your knowledge. When it came to those of old time, they believed that man possessed knowledge befoe they learned and exercising their intelligence was merely a process of remembrance.
2006-12-12 13:34:22 · answer #8 · answered by Automaton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are very important to Christians. People are to seek truth, yet salvation also requires faith/trust/ that Christ will do what he said he will do.
2006-12-12 13:29:31 · answer #9 · answered by Jeff- <3 God <3 people 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are one in the same. Sometimes in order to have faith you have to seek the truth first.
2006-12-12 13:34:40 · answer #10 · answered by Angelina27 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋