Reason and Faith
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Do reason and religious faith conflict? Are they compatible?
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My Religious Faith comes from Reason, so I’d be forced to say they do not conflict and must be able to coexist.
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I've just read Tillich "Dynamics of Faith". His arguement is that no they don't conflict.Kane Augustus wrote:Do reason and religious faith conflict? Are they compatible?
However it all comes down to how you define both "Reason" and "Faith".
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Can you explain this further, please?ZAROVE wrote:My Religious Faith comes from Reason, so I’d be forced to say they do not conflict and must be able to coexist.
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Could you summarize Tillich's argument that they don't conflict, please?moksha wrote:I've just read Tillich "Dynamics of Faith". His arguement is that no they don't conflict.Kane Augustus wrote:Do reason and religious faith conflict? Are they compatible?
However it all comes down to how you define both "Reason" and "Faith".
Also, perhaps you could venture a definition of both "Reason" and "Faith"?
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What’s to explain? I base my Faith on Reason. I believe in Christianity because it makes the most Logical sense to me, and I have seen the benefit to its moral codes, and the Theology seems to be True from my perspective. Therefore, I accept Christianity as True.
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noKane Augustus wrote:Do reason and religious faith conflict? Are they compatible?
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It's been some time since I read Dynamics of Faith I would have to refresh my memory on that. What does he say?Kane Augustus wrote:Could you summarize Tillich's argument that they don't conflict, please?moksha wrote:I've just read Tillich "Dynamics of Faith". His arguement is that no they don't conflict.Kane Augustus wrote:Do reason and religious faith conflict? Are they compatible?
However it all comes down to how you define both "Reason" and "Faith".
Also, perhaps you could venture a definition of both "Reason" and "Faith"?
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Re: Reason and Faith
No, what: no, they're not in conflict? No, they're not compatible?Metacrock wrote:noKane Augustus wrote:Do reason and religious faith conflict? Are they compatible?
Specify, O grand and mighty Metacrock, Forum master!
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Kane Augustus wrote:No, what: no, they're not in conflict? No, they're not compatible?Metacrock wrote:noKane Augustus wrote:Do reason and religious faith conflict? Are they compatible?
Specify, O grand and mighty Metacrock, Forum master!
you shouldn't have asked two questions back to back that require different answers to say the same thing.
NO, they don't conflict.
I was, however, reminded of the problem of Western thought understanding humanity as rational while the reality suggests we are irrational. I see this irrational nature as a consequence of our contingent being. So we are irrational but we can be rational about it. Watch my blog for friday I'm going to try and do something on this.
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