21 sats \ 1 reply \ @elendilthetall 22 Mar \ on: Philosophy, religion, faith FiresidePhilosophy
Interesting, however there is an older definition of Faith that I'd like to put forth: it's the virtue by which the intellect gives assent to the truths revealed by God because we know He cannot deceive nor be deceived.
If we define Faith as being "whatever isn't logic or reason", indeed, I see no reason to believe in any particular religion, since Faith becomes a synonym for trust. And we may or may not trust person x, y or z based on an infinite number of reasons.
Yeah my view isn't contradictory to that, and this idea of faith goes beyond belief in God. We establish truths in our mind with logic and reason, but we all have to admit that we don't have all the answers or the ability to reason perfectly. So faith is inevitable no matter what you believe.
Most people have faith in the general safety of airplanes. If someone were to ask "why do you think this is safe", most would be able to establish a few reasonable truths, maybe based in historical statistics or basic physics, and the rest is faith. Faith is like saying "I don't have all the answers, but I have enough logical reason to believe the answers exist".
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