I believe I have faith BECAUSE I am rational..
2007-09-21 16:07:21 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
excellent thoughts here....
2007-09-22 06:05:44 · update #1
Faith itself is a rationalization, an exercise of prerogative of belief when evidence is lacking.
2007-09-21 18:31:38 · answer #1 · answered by Jack B, goodbye, Yahoo! 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You can rationalize faith, but the passion behind it will not be present and felt. In faith, one does not require reason. You just know and believe because ..... you have faith.
You can believe anything you want to believe. Including the belief that you have faith.. and attach what ever reasoning you might want to put.
The quote is neither right or wrong.
2007-09-21 16:14:08 · answer #2 · answered by Maria V 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, that's fine. However, I don't have faith because I am rational... well most of the time... when I can function, that is.. you know.. usually between sort of 8.am and 6pm.. the rest of the time I am completely out there.. and if anybody pushes my buttons... that's it for at least 24 hours.... otherwise.. I am rational... and I dont have faith! Well they're my thoughts.
2007-09-21 20:34:09 · answer #3 · answered by Icy Gazpacho 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think it's unnecessary to state the obvious. A person would have to believe they are rational in order to have faith in anything. If you don't believe you are rational then you can't trust your own thoughts and the concept of faith would be meaningless.
2007-09-21 16:39:32 · answer #4 · answered by U Betcha 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Faith and the rational mind are not mutually exclusive. Even Einstein came to the conclusion of an intelligence greater than ourselves at work in the universe. I don't see a conflict between religion and science. From my perspective; "If God, then of course science" If science, then of course"God".
Be of Good Cheer
2007-09-21 16:20:28 · answer #5 · answered by lizzie 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Atheists cannot "prove" God does not exist, and we can not "prove" to an Atheist that He does, so there seems to be a stalemate, for now. I do have faith, and I know I am rational. An Atheist is welcome to say the same thing, and we can each ask for proof of why we believe as we do, but I will not likely persuade them, nor they me.
2007-09-21 16:33:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't like, when Jack beats me to the best lines.
most of us make a rational choice, one way of the other.
that fact that we all do not reach the same logical conclusion, simple show that we think differently.
I can't see the logic in a scientific mind that says there is no God, when science has always taught us that there is no absolutes.
because of that I can understand why they cannot see the logic in my faith.
2007-09-21 20:28:13 · answer #7 · answered by Hannah's Grandpa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Works for me.
I can understand that because of the gifts God has given me. He has made me a rational person, and He has revealed Himself, His truth, and many other things to me. He has given me faith, and He is growing it and developing it in me. I praise God for that. It is not because of anything I have done, but it's His doing, and it's awesome.
On the other hand, a person who does not know God will not understand that.
The Bible addresses and explains this in 1 Corinthians chapter 1.
2007-09-22 05:18:01 · answer #8 · answered by Consuming Fire 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think faith and rational quite fit together
the word faith and rational are kinda opposites
from a grammar point of view
2007-09-21 16:20:44 · answer #9 · answered by Arthurlikesbeer 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Think about it. How blind is it as a person of reason to think they know all the answers? That would be quite egotistic! To have faith is simply admitting that we don't know everything. Even the biggest skeptic would always leave room for possibility...
2007-09-21 16:17:51 · answer #10 · answered by Red 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋