I think that faith doesn't contradict reason, but goes beyond reason by asking and answering philosophical questions that can't be answered by science, such as "why am I here?", "what is my purpose?" etc. I think both are important to human beings.
what do you think?
2006-12-19 07:45:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They are both important. The proper balance of faith and reason is necessary for one to live a balanced life.
2006-12-19 07:48:54 · answer #1 · answered by Wilson 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Faith certainly goes beyond reason,and I have that faith, but without reason I would be just like a lot of those who have a faith that makes them fanatical about it, so I believe we need both to keep a level head when we are being asked a philosophical question like why am I here, and what is my purpose.
2006-12-19 07:59:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith cannot go beyond anything and it certainly can not go beyond reason. Faith is a sentiment, an emotion. It exists only to serve a feeling. It does not explain anything because faith, like all feelings, is a response to the facts of reality. It does not explain reality, it merely responds to it according to how we reason and identify those facts.
For example, the child has faith in his parents because he has good reasons for such a response. The child depends on his parents or an adult for his very survival. As long as the adult shows love and care for the child, his faith and trust continue. Trusting the adult is a necessary emotion because it gives the child a feeling of psychological security and peace.
The feeling changes if the child is brought up by irrational people. People who are drunk, for example, can behave unpredictably or even violently. The child can see that the adults' actions are dangerous and hurtful and he or she will not trust their judgment. This is how a child loses trust and faith in them. The child observes that irrational behavior comes from irrational thinking. The child cannot have trust or faith in those who think and behave irrationally.
Adults have faith when they believe that it is not necessary to think rationally, that is not necessary to prove with the evidence of the facts of reality if something exists. Faith is the sentiment that makes a person feel secure without the necessity to look at the facts, or prove with evidence and logic. Faith in the supernatural is what one continues to cling to from one's childhood. Reason dispels faith. Reason validates whether we should or should not trust in what someone tells us. If we trust without reason, we are acting on faith. If we trust with logic and proof, faith has lost its necessity to exist. The more we grow into adulthood, the more we substitute faith with reason. This process continues throughout our life because we do not have the answer to everything. Since we are not omniscient, some of us seem to feel better if they believe that some supernatural being knows everything, creates everything, and can take care of them, just like our parents took care of everything when we were very small. That kind of faith is still comforting to many adults.
2006-12-20 13:02:09 · answer #3 · answered by DrEvol 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, quite the conttrary. It is mankind who contradict God through science. Everything we learn and will never learn regarding the world we live in and beyond - is of God, first and foremost. He is the Source of All. There is nothing that came into 'being' without Him. I feel it is the history of existence before mankind, where these contradictions seem to occur. We have no way (to date) to know all that was before mankind and, nearly everything science has been able to reveal is speculative theory. Some things we will never know... Peace and Blessings
2016-05-22 21:44:24 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does Christian Bible contradict with science?You asked me a question like that...yes Faith contradicts Reasons!!!
2006-12-19 07:49:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only when your faith contradicts reason, does it become a problem. And this is the problem with MANY religious people in the world today.
But I offer my genetically superior intellect, to allow you to survive...
2006-12-19 07:53:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It can, when one elevates faith above everything else.
But at it's best, it compliments reason - one draws reasonable conclusions and has faith that the intellectual/spiritual journey will continue.
2006-12-19 07:49:35 · answer #7 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reason requires that you base your belief on some form of valid evidence so obviously blind faith contradicts reason.
2006-12-19 07:48:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think you're wrong.
Faith doesn't answer anything... it's nothing more than blind belief. To answer something that can't be answered by science, you need more than evidence.
When you assert that you believe something by faith, you're asserting that what you believe can't be taken on its own merits.
Faith, unfortunately, isn't reason. It isn't rational.
2006-12-19 07:54:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. It's the major difference between beliefs and knowledge.
2006-12-19 07:48:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋