23 Jun '16 15:27>1 edit
Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeSounds sound to me.
Smartest guy I've ever known was a theist, so certainly wouldn't put his beliefs down to stupidity.
I think faith (personally) is more to do with the heart. That's not to say intellectual thought isn't part of the process in 'finding God', but I think it is more an emotive issue to cope with the strange world we find ourselves on and our own mortality.
The following is what I said in reply to ToO in another thread.
Originally posted by josephw
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
You're asking me what I think "faith" means? In the simplest terms I can think of it means believing and trusting. The Bible, other than the direct definition given in Hebrews 11:1, gives us many examples throughout its pages of God's people exercising their faith in God's Word by obedience to it. Faith is what one does in response to God's revealed will. But I'm still learning what faith means, so I haven't arrived yet at full knowledge, and won't till I arrive in glory.