tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710845602477644495.post824637889267676092..comments2023-09-23T05:56:35.265+12:00Comments on MandM: Faith and LogicMandMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694636663826784480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710845602477644495.post-1165377750580590192008-10-21T21:30:00.000+13:002008-10-21T21:30:00.000+13:00Logic and reason are intrinsic to our nature as yo...Logic and reason are intrinsic to our nature as you have pointed out. The problem with the secular claim is that if we remove a creator from the equation, there is no reason to think that logic should be reliable. With a creator we have a least a theoretical reason to trust our reasoning processes; sans creator why believe the random events of our random minds?<BR/><BR/>The whole faith thing is difficult because of the various definitions of faith. I think it best to consider the synonyms trust and trustworthiness.<BR/><BR/>We believe most of what we do based on our trust in something/ someone else. <BR/><BR/>1. Ask someone who won the game, we believe their answer as we have no reason not to. <BR/><BR/>2. Ask a contentious question we must be more careful who we listen to.<BR/><BR/>3. Our fundamental beliefs are based on faith that our reason works, that the law of non-contradiction reflects reality (which empirically it seems to).<BR/><BR/>Faith/ trust in religious matters relate to who is teaching us. We believe God because of his faithfulness in times past. What he <I>has</I> said is reliable, so we have faith in him when he tells us things that we cannot (yet) know.<BR/><BR/>We don't have faith despite the facts, we have faith because of the facts.bethyadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990677679970591625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710845602477644495.post-18636620265143630232008-10-19T20:15:00.000+13:002008-10-19T20:15:00.000+13:00To claim that logic and reason are secular is like...<I>To claim that logic and reason are secular is like claiming that eyesight is secular or that memory is secular as these like and logic and reason are simply methods that human beings naturally use to gain information and understanding about reality.</I><BR/><BR/>It's worse than that; to say that logic is secular is to contradict John 1:1—"in the beginning was the <EM>logos</EM>". The term <EM>logos</EM> is not <EM>limited</EM> to logic, but it certainly encompasses it.Dominic Bnonn Tennanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03103838704540924679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710845602477644495.post-18801481831704902982008-10-19T15:41:00.000+13:002008-10-19T15:41:00.000+13:00This is just another post that illustrates why I l...This is just another post that illustrates why I love this blog so much. I haven't posted here before, but I just wanted to let you know I love your blog. Oh, I'm also a friend of Glenn, and I'm the "Warner Robins, GA" in your live traffic feed.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the awesome work!Little Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683767544763967383noreply@blogger.com