Dose faith take the place of critical thought? Pleases read all, this is not just a religious question.?

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Follow up questions, Are people dieing for this country out of ignorance?
Are the educated and intellectuals willing to die for there country, or are a majority of the people willing to die for a cause, simply sheep in most cases, while the thinkers think and plan?

P.S. education VS understanding and logical reason are not the same. Plenty of well conditioned people hold degrees, however this dose not necessarily mean that they can think for themselves. We are generally a product of our environment.

Answer 1

If you convince a person on the basis of faith then, potentially, almost anything becomes possible in the name of that faith, including dying for it.

I know this is going to get me howled down but I'll say it anway. Excessive patriotism is no different from faith in the sense that it blinds people to logical answers, or even common sense. When it comes to dying for that particular type of faith, it's usually left to a specialised group - soldiers - although many of those who actually die are not the 'intellectuals' - the politicians and the generals - but the grunts. Typically, they are the ones who buy into the model of faith the most strongly and often come from among the poorest and most marginalised groups because the army is their only chance of having an education, some training and learning skills that may benefit them when they leave. It's a highly cynical but carefully balanced faith trade off.

Most thinkers won't sign themselves up to die for a country because, I suppose, they see serious moral, philosophical and social issues surrounding the idea of militant patriotism and war. That doesn't make them popular but in a species where the herd instinct is still strong, standing out from the herd is no guarantee of being liked.

If you force people to evaluate the validity of their beliefs - if you challenge their system of faith and all that depends on it such as their value system - then you won't be thanked for it. More likely than not, you stand to be demonised for it. But if things are ever to change, we must have these critical thinkers who will challenge us and force to us examine the real truth or value of things we believe in.

As Plato said, the unexamined life is not worth living.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I truly and honestly believe that we take alot on 'faith.' We, as a society, take the word of the news media, the president our elected officials, at face value instead of doing the research on the topics.

For instance, (And I really do hate to drag religion into the mix but bare with me.) I am currently seeing someone who grew up in the foothills of Nebraska. By their own definition they are 'a bible thumper.'

When asked to back up several of his views, such as views on abortion and the war in Iraq, and even on Dubya, He backed down. Again, by his own admittance, he had taken everything he learned on good faith and assumed it to be fact.

The problem with this obviously, is that people lie. You can't take everything you hear as gospel truth, otherwise we would live in a world where at every sign of an insurgence we're in another country fighting. I guarantee you that our Government does not take 'everything' it hears as truth. They do (on rare occasions.) Do the investigative research to determine if a threat is in actually a threat.

We as a people need to stop taking things on faith and start forming our own opinions. On everything. :)

Answer 4

we are a product of our enviornment, ive been argueing that for many years. in many cases, faith does take the place of critical thought. im a christian, however i fit in with few christians. ive identified evil and see it as my duty to stand up against it and fight it. i also , for the most part have been able to connenct the dots, putting a face to God and to evil. while the rest are ready to follow and support the wolf, because he lies and claims to be doing Gods work. people are dieing for bush lies, yes. yes, while others throw their lives away for bush lies of terrorism, (bush is the real terrorist) there are those of us who know what going on, and plan our surrvival for what is to soon come. a text book education is worthless if its not based on truth and reality. ill take understanding and logical reason

Answer 5

yes I see what you mean for instance psychologist although gaining insight into life usually have terrible grammar and write with long run on sentences that appall the English dept.

Answer 6

A man's logic is limited God's truth is not merely taken on faith but through faith comes revelation of God. There is only one truth and it comes by revelation of God.

Answer 7

Different pple have different perspectives. Some are just plain ignorant.

Answer 8

The "wisdom" of this world is foolishness to God.
(maybe you should learn to spell)

Answer 9

God give us wisdom now that is the place of critical thought. Proverbs 8.

Answer 10

It's SUPPLEMENTARY Watson!