Sentences with phrase «believe faith and reason»

I'm not sure where you got the idea that I believe faith and reason are not distinct.

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There is no reason to believe that Trump and Sessions had a good faith change of heart.

Atheists: I know many there are many people that practice religion just by fanaticism, I've seen many people in my opinion stupid (excuse the word) praying to saints hopping to solve their problems by repeating pre-made sentences over and over, but there are others different, I don't think Religion and Science need to be opposites, I believe in God, I'm Catholic and I have many reasons to believe in him, I don't think however that we should pray instead of looking for the cause and applying a solution, Atheists think they are smart because they focus on Science and technology instead of putting their faith in a God, I don't think God will solve our problems, i think he gave us the means to solve them by ourselves that's were God is, also I think that God created everything but not as a Magical thing but stablishing certain rules like Physics and Quimics etc. he's not an idiot and he knew how to make it so everything was on balance, he's the Scientist of Scientist the Mathematic of Mathematics, the Physician of Physicians, from the tiny little fact that a mosquito, an insect species needs to feed from blood from a completely different species, who created the mosquitos that way?

I did not pull anything from a flier.you seam to be an educated and knowledgeable person.maybe the law of entropy in thermodynamics is now outdated.most likely changed to try to make some scientists reasoning work.honestly what are the chances of the earth and man to come out of nothing.it takes more faith or blind fanaticism to believe that.

There is a reason that phrase, «You must be as children» (paraphrased) is in the bible... because you really would have to be a child lacking wisdom and critical thought to believe the ridiculous books of the Abrahamaic faiths, and you'd have to ba an even bigger fool to think they are the last word in spiritual truth.

In order to have faith, you must see past all of the silliness in the bible and take a leap of faith... in other words, you must trun off your logic and reasoning portions of your mind and just believe... well some of us can not do that, and see your religion the saem as all other religions... man made and false.

I feel really sorry for the lady, I deeply and truly respect her faith in her religion, however at the same time I reject any religion or practice which prohibits a woman to look beautiful... God made woman beautiful and they have all the rights to look beautiful... I believe she is cutting her nails for the same reason she has all the rights to get her facial hairs remove... but I know she wont do that..

They search for contradictions or reasons to not believe and try to broadcast to others to distort their faith and beliefs.

And the reason you see Christians attempting so hard to bring people into the faith is obviously because we believe that if you do not accept Christ, you will be damned for eternity.

historical Jesus, lmfao... show me any historical evidence of jesus... let's start with his remains... they don't exist - your explanation, he rose to the heavens... historical evidence - no remains, no proof of existence (not a disproof either, just not a proof)... then let's start with other historians writing about the life of Jesus around his time or shortly after, as outside neutral observers... that doesn't exist either (not a disproof again, just not a proof)... we can go on and on... the fact is, there is not a single proving evidence of Jesus's life in an historical context... there is no existence of Jesus in a scientific context either (virgin birth... riiiiiight)... it is just written in a book, and stuck in your head... you have a right to believe in what you must... just don't base it on history or science... you believe because you do... it is your right... but try not to put reason into your faith; that's when you start sounding unreasonable, borderline crazy...

Something you fail to address is why any rational person would be motivated to invest the time and energy it takes to develop faith in any god if he sees no reason to believe he exists in the first place.

I firmly believe that science, reason and logic are far superior than blind faith to explain the world as we experience it.

A fundamental flaw in this claim, on which I'll elaborate more in another comment, is that lacking any reason to believe anything one could reasonably call a god exists, what incentive do I have to invest time and effort developing faith in one?

They brainwash you to believing faith is better than knowledge, that somehow unsupported belief is better than reason, facts, and evidence, and they do it because belief is all they have.

It is necessary to collect the questions posed by contemporary human knowledge, especially scientific, and respond to them, showing the reasons for the faith and the plausibility of believing and living as aChristian.

I would humbly refer the reader to the Faith pamphlet series, Reasons for Believing, to show where we and this school of thought diverge.

But if there is no evidence he exists, and hence no reason to believe he exists, what's my incentive to invest time and energy to develop faith in something I have no reason to believe exists?»

lilyq Faith is willfully ignoring what is and what we know, abandoning logic and reason, for what you WANT to believe is true.

How can we possibly explain something like that to people who base what they believe on logic and reason, rather than on faith and the word of God?

Rather those who do so, believe in reason and hope and purpose and are given strength to endure by faith and appreciation in something greater then ourselves.

Faith is what you believe without proof and thus does not have reason.

'» Yes, I believe because of communion, but still I am lonely, for what can a man of faith like myself say to a society for which «practical reasons of the mind have long ago supplanted the sensitive reasons of the heart» (Soloveitchik), and which «renounced the search for a great light» (Francis)?

What remains when we examine our faith and try to sort out our reasons for wanting to believe (a way out of tragedy perhaps), our reasons for needing to believe (an unresolved Oedipal conflict possibly)?

For this, I'd ask you to examine John 6:35 - 60, in which Jesus makes the theology of drawing very clear indeed: some don't believe, some do, the reason for this is that the Father draws believers to a saving faith in Jesus unto salvation and resurrection.

Now then, for that (reason), call (them to the Faith), and stand steadfast as thou art commanded, nor follow thou their vain desires; but say: «I believe in whatever Book Allah has sent down; and I am commanded to judge justly between you.

As a man of Faith, I can tell you that I believe in Satan a much as I believe in God — for the very simple reason that I have encountered evil — utter, absolute, and in my face — but the spiritual dimension can not be taught — at all.

Atheism offers nothing to me, it never has and never will, it doesn't make me feel good or comfort me, it's not there for me when I'm sick or ill, it won't intervene in my times of need or protect me from hate, it doesn't care if I fail or succeed, it won't wipe the tears from my eyes, it does nothing when I have no where to run, it won't give me wise words or advice, it has no teaches for me to learn, it can't show me what's bad or nice, it's never inspired or excited anyone, it won't help me fulfill all my goals, it won't tell me to stop when I'm having fun, it's never saved one single soul, it doesn't take credit for everything I achieve, it won't make me get down on bended knee, it doesn't demand that I have to believe, it won't torture me for eternity, it won't teach me to hate or despise others, it won't tell me what's right or wrong, it can't tell nobody not to be lovers, it's told no one they don't belong, it won't make you think life is worth living, it has nothing to offer me, that's true, but the reason Atheism offers me nothing is because I've never asked it to, Atheism offers nothing because it doesn't need to, Religion promises everything because you want it to, You don't need a Religion or to have faith, You just want it because you need to feel safe, I want to feel reality and nothing more, Atheism offers me everything that Religion has stolen before.

I just demonstrated your reasoning to be false AND you have never once said what atheists have faith in, or «believe».

Richard John Neuhaus FAITH Magazine January - February 2003 Bush and Civil Religion «I believe there is a reason that history has matched this nation with this time,» said President...

Humans Discover Before Presuming From the standpoint of the proposal of a new synthesis which is core to the aims and ideals of the Faith movement, we wish to draw attention to one problem in the philosophy of science which we believe needs to be clarified if the key Papal appeal concerning the «broadening of reason» is to come to fruition.

The content of religious education is too feeble to sustain faith and lacks the power to convince young people that there are reasonsfor believing and reasons for living their lives for God.

Well, FAITH, there's the problem... that gibberish in the bible was just made up by «some guy» to keep the peasants behaving in a manner that whomever wrote it thought was a good way to behave... some of those guys were wise, yes, and there are benefits to following some of the «guidelines» set forth in the Bible... but it's a circular argument to use the Bible as a reason to have faith, because you have to first BELIEVE in the deity, THEN believe that the deity inspired the writings, THEN you can take the writings as «truth»... I'm two steps back, not believing in the deity at all (Yay, AtheFAITH, there's the problem... that gibberish in the bible was just made up by «some guy» to keep the peasants behaving in a manner that whomever wrote it thought was a good way to behave... some of those guys were wise, yes, and there are benefits to following some of the «guidelines» set forth in the Bible... but it's a circular argument to use the Bible as a reason to have faith, because you have to first BELIEVE in the deity, THEN believe that the deity inspired the writings, THEN you can take the writings as «truth»... I'm two steps back, not believing in the deity at all (Yay, Athefaith, because you have to first BELIEVE in the deity, THEN believe that the deity inspired the writings, THEN you can take the writings as «truth»... I'm two steps back, not believing in the deity at all (Yay, AtBELIEVE in the deity, THEN believe that the deity inspired the writings, THEN you can take the writings as «truth»... I'm two steps back, not believing in the deity at all (Yay, Atbelieve that the deity inspired the writings, THEN you can take the writings as «truth»... I'm two steps back, not believing in the deity at all (Yay, Atheists!

Bottom line for me is that there is one and only one reason that I, today, embrace my chrisitan faith, and that is because I believe it to be true.

As of this moment both Christians (and all other religions) and Atheists are so firmly entrenched in their beliefs (yes atheists you have a belief a faith if you will) there is no reason to even bother discussing (yes color me hypocritical... I believe it is fucia).

What Anvil was trying to say (And Anvil, correct me if I'm wrong) religion propagates ignorance by encouraging people to believe in something based on faith alone, to sometimes trump reason with belief.

But the faith in our salvation is a gift from God, it is not something we sinners conjure up on our own by our intelligence and maturity, and then make a decision, based on our reasoned decision making, to believe.

It is a perennial point for a faith that believes Christ is God and that faith and reason are in harmony.

Many observers believe four cornerstone speeches delivered by Benedict XVI» at Regensburg, Germany, in 2006; at the College des Bernardins in Paris in 2008; at Westminster Hall in London in 2010; and at the Bundestag in Germany in 2011» will be remembered as masterpieces laying out the basis for a symbiosis among faith, reason and modernity.

This, as we have seen and as we would have expected, was undoubtedly the faith of the primitive church, and there is every reason to believe that Paul shared it.

For the same reasons you believe morals are merely opinions, many / most Christians do not have faith in the Spirit, and basically ignore or outright reject the teaching on moral freedom found in Paul's letter to the Galatians (among other places in the NT, but it is most - clearly written out there), though they don't know they are rejecting it and somehow think they are in agreement with it (if they've read the letter at all).

It was due to my reasoning, endless nights of contemplation, and deep inquiries into my faith and faith in general did I conclude that I could no longer believe in god.

He reasoned that if saving faith was something we achieved — through choosing to believe or achieving right thinking — as opposed to a gift from God freely given to some and not others, it would just be another form of salvation by works.

This post contains 3 reasons why some people believe that faith is a gift from God, and 4 reasons why we know that faith is not a gift from God.

I was persuaded to believe in a higher power through reasoned arguments for the existence of a higher power and through faith.

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

You are saying that folk often believe in God for emotional reasons, because such faith is consoling and comfortable.

And, while we have no real reason to believe that the world of television can be completely turned around, at the same time those committed to the task of trying to do so continue to hold up in their communities of faith the ideals of open and free communication and a civility in our culture which we do not yet posseAnd, while we have no real reason to believe that the world of television can be completely turned around, at the same time those committed to the task of trying to do so continue to hold up in their communities of faith the ideals of open and free communication and a civility in our culture which we do not yet posseand free communication and a civility in our culture which we do not yet posseand a civility in our culture which we do not yet possess.

And as soon as one claims that you must have «faith» to believe X, they have thrown in the towel to any evidence or reason of X.

some that with out self thought knowledge who called themselves athiest are really confused and truelly believe what they are saying even when wrong they believe to be telling the truth now that is not all atheist some are really cruel and mean to deceived others - those who are not stading in solid ground are those worth reaching out to - cause they need to know truth from false testimony... those who trully know God can not depart from him but there are those who blindly fight their way away from him... evil is blind and can't see the presence of god — that was God's course for rebelion... only a pure soul can be reach by the creator now that is not that easy to keep so its only through faith and the acceptance of jesus sacrifice for the human race that is posible to find the way and acceptance required by God in his second agreement to menkind... jesus was the lamb who took all our sin so even with a blind soul one can find the way to the creator and at one time if any find themselves in the presence fo the lord our God the reason we are here...

This definition of reason is significant, because if willingness to believe is written into the very conception of reason, then the rational person is the one who exercises the proper amount of faith, and not the one who eschews faith altogether.