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To: epicure who wrote (5969)4/2/2002 7:57:46 PM
From: TimF   of 21057
 
If you could come to religion by logic and reason,faith wouldn't be necessary, would it? ...

Many people have tried to reason their way to many different faiths. As far as I know none of them ever did an unassailable job.

I don't know of any unassailable job, but "assailable" is not the same as wrong or even unreasonable.

You can come to religion by logic, but it does not compel you there. Someone else's logic could lead them to a different conclusion but really conclusions are not logical or illogical, arguments are logical or illogical. And what premises you would accept are important in determining what conclusions you reach. Some premises have to be the basis for your belief, you can't prove something with out premises for your proof. Some would make belief in God one of their premises, that would be having faith that is not based on logic. Other people come to their faith through a logical (but not a scientific) process. But just because the thought process involves logic doesn't mean that anyone else should or has to agree with it.

The logic and reasoning involved are more like that of philosophy then science. Logic and reason can be involved in religious beliefs but no evidence can be found and no experiments can be run.

Tim
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