2007-02-11 20:04:43 · 19 answers · asked by Kiran K 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It depends a lot on how well founded the faith is.
love and blessings Don
2007-02-12 08:08:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those who claim that intelligence and science don't involve faith are missing a big point. Science depends on faith in the verisimilitude of our observations and on faith in a host of axiomatic beliefs, such as the uniformity of nature. These faiths just happen to be the conventional faiths of the modern age. But the modern age has also been an age of skepticism, largely about the verisimilitude of our observations (from Hume, at least, who published around 1740, right up to the so-called "post"-modernists). Any body of doctrine that has axioms or axiomatic beliefs involves faith.
___And certainty in modern empiricism was founded in the passive aspects of experience, that is, a form of surrender to worldly causations. (John Locke) The non-passive aspects of experience are the arbitrary aspects.
___There's so much dogmatism floating around concerning these matters today, that it's a pretty safe bet that it's motivated by political considerations among academics, and not by motives intrinsically connected with the questions about faith and intelligence.
___The intelligence lies in gracefully dealing with the complexities of the matter, and avoiding the dogmatism. If it's a matter of religion specifically, one should remember that the questions appropriate to science are confined within a pretty narrow scope, and that science itself has nothing to say about matters of faith.
2007-02-12 00:13:03 · answer #2 · answered by G-zilla 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A true believer of the Cross is not one who recites passages, he cannot be found in a church nor will you see a cross around his neck.
A true believer of the Cross has come across other religions, ideologies, other methods, principles, contradictory facts, science and at the end,he has not shed a single tear for he has not waived his faith.
A true believer of the Cross would not cloud his mind with doubt, he will understand that doubt is useless, whether there is a God or not irrelevant. He instead would act on the principles, morals, and lessons, found in the Holy Bible.
A true believer of the Cross will understand the core purpose of the writings, past the dogma, past the God, he will see the true intentions of the Book.
A true believer of the Cross can be found anywhere, at any time, his cross is in his heart, his knowledge is in his actions.
Intelligence is needed to accomplish this.
2007-02-11 20:47:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith and surrender is wisdom,not intelligence. Lose intelligence to gain wisdom.
2007-02-12 09:05:36 · answer #4 · answered by anks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In discriminating the object of faith and surrender.
2007-02-13 22:07:51 · answer #5 · answered by GANESH BHAT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From your intelligence you are able to goto the stage of faith.
From your intelligence you are making disicions to surrender.
Then intelegence is the frist step to faith and surrender.
2007-02-11 21:24:39 · answer #6 · answered by s.bharti 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
intelligence is far beyond than faith and surrender.
faith and surrender are the easy tools of spiritual leaders to make you fool.
2007-02-11 20:23:46 · answer #7 · answered by rajan t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must have faith in yourself and never surrender to a wrong.
2007-02-12 00:35:05 · answer #8 · answered by rajani_iim 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surrender is itelligent descision then faith. In faith there is always some room for ifs and buts but in surrender there is no room for if and buts.
2007-02-12 22:32:27 · answer #9 · answered by Sandesh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answer is there in the question it self.It is onlyintelligence which promotes faith and it is faith in turn which warrants surrender
2007-02-12 00:12:09 · answer #10 · answered by Pantulu B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋