Is "blinded by logics" any better than "blinded by Faith"?

Question

Some people have blind faith and dont care for Truth

Some are so much into logics that they dont care for truth

yr comments pls?

The Mast ....Converting christians/muslims/jews ?? poor GK ! except these 3 religions no one else care for conversions... certainly not my religion!!

Chishru ... well said ..thanks

Mckenczie... thanx it is not my idea that logics prove everything ... rather i am questioning this idea by this question

Answer 1

One group overuses the right hemisphere of their brain (blinded by faith) and the other - the left (blinded by logics).

The bottom line is, they are both blinded ... but happily, blinded is not the same as blind. It may change, and it usually does. It is not possible to maintain an imbalance for an indeterminate period of time. One will, sooner or later, snap out of it, even if he doesn't want it. The law of nature, of the yin and the yang, dictates it. But, sadly, after a brief period of clarity, most people turn back to their old thinking patterns. But again, happily, others just can't do it!

Answer 2

That depends upon oneself as said when logic fails faith works. Both are integral part of each other.
The science of reasoning is of very great service in searching into and unraveling all sorts of questions that come up in Scripture. The validity of logical sequences is not a thing devised by men, but it is observed and noted by them that they may be able to learn and teach it; for it exists eternally in the reason of things, and has its origin with God.
I can see reasons why one might think that logic has its origin with God. If logic has its origin anywhere, and if there is a God, then God seems like the right place to posit an origin for logic. However, I see no reason to think that logic indeed has an origin. If logic is a set of necessary truths, then presumably these would have been true even if there weren't a God. After all, they are necessary. I see no real reason to think that necessary truths need a ground or an origin at all.
And the beginning of every logical chain is an act of faith: some unproven axiom, some set of postulates that were chosen because they simply felt true. There’s no getting around this, because logical inference can only draw on what is previously given, either as an axiom or a theorem already proved. To demand that every step in a logical chain depends on an earlier logical proof leads, of course, to an infinite regress.

And last but not least,
Atee ka bhala na bolana, atee ki bhali na chup;
Atee ki bhali na chandani, atee ki bhali na doop.

So, These two things should be balanced.

Answer 3

Logics?
If you mean formal logic, then your argument is unclear to me. How can formal logic prevent you from caring about the truth? I'm often surprised how people not only don't know what logic is, but often misrepresent it as "common sense", or "mental games" or whatever.
Logic is the study of how the mind reasons, and of those paths of reasoning that are ineffective for which purposes. It is a tool for reaching conclusions the skills of reasoning we all have and all use, though few of us have made a formal study of it.

This questioner's post comes in the same line as "you can prove anything with logic," which is nonsense, though you can make people believe some pretty foolish things when misusing illogical in ways that sound logical.

At the same time, there are some who don't understand science sufficiently that they think somehow that God has been disprove.

More silliness, as science is a tool, and scientists who understand scientific method do not attempt to prove or disprove things that can't be repeated or tested. Such things are beyond the purview of science and always have been.

Answer 4

I disagree with the terminology and semantics of your question. Neither "logics" nor "faith" can blind anyone. Contrary to what you imply in your question, they can only enlighten one. I agree with some of the aformentioned answers. Had it not been for logics and faith, we humans would still be primitive barbarians and would still be in the dark ages. both faith and logic are responsible for all this technology and culture that we see around us.

The two are very different. Logic is an entity that was created by humans ourselves in order to better our position and develop our environment as well as ourselves. Whereas "faith" is something that we did not create. Faith is a primordial entity and is an emanation of god himself. Faith was in existence before us humans were even on the planet and was practiced by the gods themselves.

It it not faith and logic per se, that blind people. It is the inability of the people themselves to better utilise their intellect, which blinds them.

Answer 5

How about not being blind at all?
And if faith and logic are both the wrong route to find the truth, then what exactly do you think the Truth is?
It's capitalized in your question, so it must be important.

Answer 6

Its very difficult to answer your questions. We turn a blind eye to many a thing. We believe something to be true till we come across something contrary. If by logic you mean "Facts and its reason' then going by logic brings us closer to Truth that related to logic. If we go by faith alone, then going by it brings us closer to the truth about faith. If everything was logical why would we call it as "Faith'. Wouldn't we call it as Science? Our concept of Truth itself is relevant.

Perception creates our individual reality. The world as we know of it is a result of our selective perception. We cannot attend to all events and variables in our environment. We select certain events and variables to notice and attend to, and these phenomena which we observe form our perceptions; thus we create our own reality.

For eg: I am led to believe by my Faith that I must give up all my cravings and search for God. That I must give up my craving to be rich. To a person who has been poor all life long, this is a blind faith. This is certainly not a realistic thing to believe. But when he/she is rich, he/she realises that there's nothing rosy about being rich. One has to lose his health, peace of mind. He has to compromise with so many things. He is exposed to so many realities that he was completely oblivious to or chose to ignore it. Its after he has lot of wealth that he realises, IT WAS JUST NOT WORTH IT. Its only then that he realises what it means to have Faith.

Answer 7

Probably not.

Being blinded by faith lets you think that if you keep up the "struggle" long enough, you will eventually convert all the Christians/Jews/Muslims to your faith, and everything will be alright. Truth says this just won't happen, so keep on killing forever.

Blinded by logic lets you think if you go to war fighting where the infidel is shooting bullets at you, you will probably have a higher chance of getting yourself killed, than if you stayed at home. Truth tells you that we have killed squillions of more people on Road Toll, than we have EVER killed in any war at any time.

Go figure.

Answer 8

Logic, by it's very nature isn't blind. If someone is "so much into logics"...then they're likely pretty clear thinkers.

I'm thinking you're not much of a logic fan then?

Answer 9

It is possible to have faith in logic. I believe in logic. But I must say, with logic alone I am emotionless. Nonexistent even. The purpose of logic is to derrive the finest reason for existence. Given our inferior human will, pure logic would potentially send us into oblivion. However, I have faith I can avoid this little death trap.

Answer 10

it's better not being blind at all.

use logic and faith. but don't be blinded by any of them. life needs balance.