Sunday, April 8, 2012
Faith & Reason: Part 2
We were talking about faith and reason in regard to the Bible and Christianity this week, but I also wondered about other religions and religious texts. Do the roles of faith and reason alter in different religions, or is the
relationship between those two things the same in all religions? From my point of view, it seems obvious that the Bible is full of contradictions. I am not acquainted with any other religious texts, and do not know if there are any other texts as contradictory as the Bible, or even more so. And I think that's what it all comes down to. Most religions, that I know of at least, are not intrinsically contradictory. It would appear that the contradiction lies in the words of a text assigned to a particular religion, and that is the further cause for the contradiction between faith and reason. Does that mean that the relationship between faith and reason shift for individuals depending on the religious text they believe in? Does this imply that some religions may be more reasonable than others, depending upon the amount of contradictions found in the text of that religion?
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