Hardly all people with logic perceive faith as illogical. I for one, can show you a college full of people of logic who believe faith to be very logical.
2007-01-18 03:12:28
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answer #1
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answered by Fish <>< 7
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I once believed that my faith was not entirely logical until I did some research and realized that the odds of universal creation according to Big Bang/Evolutionary theory are less than 1 to the number of atoms in the universe (thats a really big number!). Yet here we are. Faith that we were created by a supernatural, super powerful being (whatever we call that deity) suddenly became more logical than trusting cosmic rolls of the dice. I think that Occam's Razor would come down on the side of God creating all rather than a complex set of circumstances that over billions of years developed into us arguing across a series of electrons.
2007-01-18 03:20:22
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answered by Crusader1189 5
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Faith is not illogical when you have evidence to base your faith upon. The Bible does not claim that we have a "blind faith." There are many evidences to prove that I have a "reasonable faith." It is true that faith sometimes requires us to believe things that are not reasonable but if you believe in a theistic universe, then nothing is impossible and therefore unreasonable.
You have faith everyday and do not consider it illogical. You had faith today that your car would start when you turned the key, you had faith that the chair you are sitting in would hold you before you sat down, you have faith that your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend will remain faithful to you. This is all based on past experience and what you believe to be true. It is illogical to think that faith is not used in daily life.
2007-01-18 03:18:26
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answered by mark777 2
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What is perceived as illogical is all a matter of point of view. Your "Logical" people think that my faith is illogical, while I think that not believing in some higher power is illogical. To me, we are far too complex to just be random and without guidance, while they probably think that we (humans) are more random and not guided by the hand of a Deity. Our points of view will never coincide, thus we will always view the other as "illogical".
2007-01-18 03:19:47
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answered by sister steph 6
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The worst part is so many people have faith that they're 100% right, but not all these people have the same beliefs. This means a lot of people are WRONG. This is an undeniable fact.
I can appriciate faith, but you have to realize there is a good chance that you are wrong. Go ask a muslim if he/she has faith, bet they tell you you're wrong.
There are hundreds of religions, and thousands more different belief sets, so it is logical to believe that you are wrong......and when I say you I mean everyone, myself included.
2007-01-18 03:20:49
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answered by Anonymous
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Depends on how you perceive reality. There's a way of knowing things beyond logic. And it's not for everybody. The prideful fool only knows things by his own thinking, but a person with faith is given to know things a different way because he is not full of himself, wrapped up in pride and foolishness.
God doesn't share himself with those who want to dethrone Him.
'And the Light shineth in the darkness, but the darkness perceiveth it not"
2007-01-18 03:15:20
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answered by Anonymous
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Logic is more like a curved wave, surely? There are varying degrees of logic. It all depends on how literal they are and what exactly their belief is. The more literal, the less logical they are.
2007-01-18 03:30:45
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answered by Chris W 2
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The word "faith" implies doubt and I have no doubt that God exists, so I don't use that word. God exists-period!! Faith has nothing to do with it. Stick that in your logic pipe and smoke it.
2007-01-18 03:23:02
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answered by Kevin B 3
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People who refuse to use or accept logical arguments really get my goat. You give them one and they don't see the value in it. It's all feelings.
Some pretend they know, like the one above who says god's logic is different. Logic is the same everywhere and for everyone. That's why we use it.
To Fish: Then they don't really understand logic.
2007-01-18 03:15:14
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes I understand your logic. However, man's logic compared to an omniscient, all powerful God, is insignificant.
Try creating a tree, or even a bacteria, from absolutely nothing - mankind cannot - only God can.
2007-01-18 03:12:40
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answered by padwinlearner 5
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