and if not, does this make logic/reason flawed (to those who do believe in God)?
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2007-02-08 05:28:25 · 21 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not usually, though religious people like to twist logic and reality to make it look like to the ignorant that logic points their direction.
2007-02-08 05:31:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
People generally believe what they want to believe. Logical or not. I have found that the more I learned the easier it is to believe in God. I have seen & read stories about people who didn't believe until they set out to "disprove God" then the "facts" they discovered convinced them that He must be Real. Others have been "raised in the church" and came away very dissappointed & dissallusioned because of all of the hypocrisy they were exposed to.
I remember that somewhere I heard that most Universities were started by "missionaries" or churches whom obviously believed that knowlege, learning & "logic" if you will, would help people believe. I Even heard that Science began by folks who were looking for ways to explain God and now for some folks they seem to be opposed to each other. Sorry I can't back that up ..with references, but I bet you could search it out yourself. :)Which is really what your going to have to do with the whole GOD issue.There are thousands of years of so called "eveidence" on both sides. But do search !You'll be glad you did.
2007-02-08 05:58:45 · answer #2 · answered by 5thof11 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Japanese Zen follows a logical (but not emperical) development to a notion of an infinite awareness, which we might call God -- just not a "personality" God as described in the Bible.
What's more logical: a multi personality God (schizo); a non personality God; or an all personality God. The first is the one depicted by western religions.
2007-02-08 05:38:33 · answer #3 · answered by Howard K 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Belief in God is a lot more about faith than logic even though God makes logical sense to me. The real truth behind believing in something is simply having faith to believe it is real. Faith is the belief in things hoped for of the evidence of the things not seen. And one looking to find flaws will find them every where they look!
2007-02-08 05:36:01 · answer #4 · answered by froggsfriend 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i actually only began to believe in God through study and logical thinking
this does not mean of course that i have proof of God , but that I accept there is a God due to surrounding evidence
but people may come to another logical decision based on their own findings
belief in God does not take away logic
2007-02-08 05:32:37 · answer #5 · answered by Peace 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, logic plays a role in belief of God.
2007-02-08 05:33:10 · answer #6 · answered by Jo 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, if you didn't know anything about biology. Since logic is reasoning based on science. However most people know enough about biology that believing in God is illogical
2007-02-08 07:33:30 · answer #7 · answered by jetthrustpy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Logical thoughts led to my belief in God.
2007-02-08 06:06:18 · answer #8 · answered by Tony C 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is interesting. Among elite scientists, mathematicians tend to believe in God in higher numbers than those of other disciplines. Logic and math are of course closely related and a number of famous logicians tinkered with arguments for God. One such person was Kurt Godel, famous for his incompleteness theorems and close friendship with Einstein. His modal ontological argument for God was never published, but circulated among his friends.
2007-02-08 05:48:03 · answer #9 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that what you believe dictates your logic/reason.
If I believe in God, then I look for reasons to believe that he exists. If I don't believe in God, then I look for reasons to disprove that he exists. Anyone that has an open mind will tell you that there are reasons to believe both ways.
2007-02-08 05:41:18 · answer #10 · answered by real illuminati(Matt) 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Logical thoughts can lead to the logical fact that humans will never understand anything and will never grasp the creation or reason for the Universie, life, or well, anything. We're only human. We'll never know everything or understand everything, even if we convince ourselves we do.
And so this thought process can lead to the belief that Someone Somewhere MUST have the answers. And that is logical, sort of.
2007-02-08 05:32:59 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋