Does it take faith to believe in logic?

Question

or science? or reason?

Is it the same type of faith that one uses to believe in God?

Answer 1

someone who has faith doesn't believe in logic.

Answer 2

Of course.. you have to have faith in your particular brand of logic, science, or reason...

If you dont have that faith.. you have no argument, reason or logic.

Logic, reason & science are pretty consistantly being overturned here and there.. what was valid 5 years ago may not be valid today.. and what is considered valid today may not be valid tomorrow.. the faith seems to be the only universal constant.. right or wrong...

And yeah it would be the same type of faith, as for a God.. just a different brand...

Answer 3

I think it takes FAITH to believe in anything, for instance you would need faith to believe in even science, faith in science would be what you believe or what you TRUST has been proven, which in turn is something you can consider a truth. Of course some truths are always questionable, and usually "truth" varies from person to person based on their perception of it. "Fact" is suppossedly a solid version of a truth, but even that is up for debate, as again, FAITH has to come before you can believe in anything, faith as in, your own personal belief in discerning what is true for you and/or your interpretation of it. Let's say for example, a diet pill comes out and states that FACT: THIS PILL BURNS FAT WHEN TAKEN with meals and after excercise. But just because the company who makes the pill will claim this statement as a fact, some people still might argue that that particular FACT is not a fact at all, because who is the one drawing the line between fact and fiction, thus faith comes in. Faith is that feeling in us that soothes our anxiety about how to sort truth from fiction, and I would say this is indeed PARTLY the same faith that discerns our spirituality and helps us interpret that. Even a fact such as "I have a brain" would be up for debate in some peoples minds! So faith is EVERYTHING just about! Good question sir, good question...

Answer 4

Of course! If I say I believe a chair exists, and am exhausted and would like to sit down, logic dictates I should sit. Faith says, "I have reason to believe this chair can support my weight. I have sat on other objects of this approximate size and they bore my weight. This will too." When I switch on a light, I am exercising both faith and logic - logic in that I have repeated the same experiment many times with the same result, and faith in that I believe the basic laws of physics hold.

Faith in God is no different. If I say I believe in God yet fail to do the logical thing (which is to trust Him to do as He said He will do) my illogic invalidates my faith.

Answer 5

No, I don't think so. But then, I've never been good at what is called "faith" in most religions. I think one can believe in reason and logic, and in the scientific method, without believing they can solve every problem, answer every question. I'm not sure whether the very fact that it takes the word "believe" to express this is not confused with faith. My mother, a Methodist Sunday school teacher, said that faith is not simply believing without evidence, but believing even in the face of evidence to the contrary. I've never even wanted to do that.

Answer 6

Of course it doesn't take faith.

1 + 1 = 2. Logic, science and reason tell us that.

Faith can make 1 + 1 + 1 = 1 according to Christians.

Answer 7

Yes, Yes and probably. We have faith in our science so we believe that helicopters can fly, we see them fly so it must be true. God on the other hand we don't get to see a lot of so believing in him takes a different type of faith. I know he's there in some sense because his adversary ****s around with my life.

But on the same token I'm not positive helicopters should be able to fly.

Answer 8

logic is only as good as the information you are using to formulate a thought or reason.... if you have to make up a reason to support it you are very flawed..... for instance... I had a question for a catholic priest not long ago..... I argued that he didn't follow the bible as he claims to.... (my point was to prove that his religion and all biblical religion are false) so one of my arguments was his book states " you should not call anyone but your father in heaven father" when I challenged his practice of priest and the pope being called father he challenged back that I should not be even calling my biological father, father.... and then he got to angry to continue the debate...... the point is I'm not trying to impose or enforce a religion upon humanity..... also the second commandment means.... don't bow down to statues... guess what priest do all day..... so logic? when does it count... when your second commandment says one thing and your actions are absolutely the opposite yet you find a way to consolidate both

Answer 9

A certain, very tiny amount.

Think about this: do you know of any exceptions to the rules of logic? Can you point to an exception to modus ponens, or modus tollens?

Trusting logic is like trusting that there'll still be gravity tomorrow morning - only far more certain. FAR more certain.

If it takes faith to believe in logic, it sure doesn't take much.

Answer 10

science and reason faith is for the christians i do not believe in faith

Answer 11

Well Faith in our senses and our ability to accurately perceive the natural world. Faith that what we observe is reality and not an illusion.

It is not the same type of Faith.