06 May 10
Originally posted by whodeyNo, I wouldn't say it's devoid of reason.
But at the same time would you say that such faith is "blind"? Is it devoid of reason?
After all, it does stand to reason that there are things out there that human beings cannot understand and therefore that there may be things that are true but cannot be proven to a human being's satisfaction.
07 May 10
Originally posted by sh76"Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen. " - Wittgenstein
No, I wouldn't say it's devoid of reason.
After all, it does stand to reason that there are things out there that human beings cannot understand and therefore that there may be things that are true but cannot be proven to a human being's satisfaction.
Translation: Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
07 May 10
Originally posted by KazetNagorra"Le coeur a ses raisons, que la raison ne connaît point."
"Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen. " - Wittgenstein
Translation: Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
(The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.)
Blaise Pascal
25 May 10
Originally posted by sh76Absolutely. Faith is wholly morally praiseworthy.
A) morally praiseworthy
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In the course of human history it has often been the case that people imbued with a sense of injustice to their fellow human being, as a consequence of their belief in a higher realm, have gone onto righting wrongs only because their faith convicted them to to so.
When your faith leads you into a belief system where 'all have sinned and fallen short of God's glory' and 'we are saved by grace that none should boast' its impossible to then with clear conscience uphold a view of privilege that entitles one human being over the other. If our faith leads us to the conclusion that we all equally need salvation, and that no one is greater than the Head of the Christian Church (Christ) who himself came as a servant, then faith becomes a most brilliant facilitator of social leveling and social equity and this should be characterized as being totally morally praise worthy.