Faith lies at the the limit of our ability to reason. Any comments on this thought?
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There are concepts that can not be proved so thereby defying reason to solve. Such is the mystery of the meaning of life and the question of the existence of the soul or an after-life. Mystical experience goes beyond what might be called 'the limits of our ability to reason'. Sometimes we are left with no choice but to have faith. But who can say for sure that faith is separate from reason - is faith purely emotional? And are our emotions unreasonable in themselves? Sure, different parts of the brain are used, but we still ahve dual facility that springs from one centre. And are they independent processes or just part of a singular function? For me, faith is almost a logical conclusion to a thinking process that might lead to chaos without an ability to relax into pure belief. But maybe faith is informed by reason and vice-versa. There is no way we can know everything. In a rational world irrationality is often given less importance, but it is our very ability to be irratonal that makes us human and gives us our highs as well as our lows. Maybe this is the part that is most Divine in mankind?
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"Faith lies at the the limit of our ability to reason." No, faith lies at the edge of our ability to perceive. As our knowledge increases that edge extends further and either proves or disproves the faith or leaves it alone for future study.
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Faith is based on reasoning. It needs facts and prior events to base your faith on. If you always stay with me and help me go through tough times on Mondays, then I have faith that you will be there the next Monday when I need you. If I have faith in you that you will do a good job at something, it's because you've shown me in the past that you can and do accomplish what you say you will. “Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld.” (Heb 11:1) THe Vocabulary of the Greek Testament says: “Faith is the title deed of things hoped for.”
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Faith is merely belief in action. I believe the chair is real and can support me and thus I sit down, placing my faith in its ability to support me. Does that seem close to the edge of reason?
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Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits. -Dan Barker, former preacher, musician (b. 1949)
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I disagree. Faith requires the suspension of reason. When the answer reason gives is ignorance, proclaiming that faith can provide an answer is fallacy.
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