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First, I am responsible for myself, not Kierkegaard. Second, yes, faith in the existence of God is reasonable. Third, the issue of the leap comes up in two contexts in Kierkegaard: one, the context of infinitely toying with ideas, see-sawing back and forth between belief and unbelief. According to Kierkegaard, one must finally make a choice to believe, which is the "leap". It has nothing to do with irrationality, but with the inconclusiveness of certain matters. The other context is "Fear and Trembling", where Kierkegaard (or, more strictly, one of his pseudonyms) examines the story of the sacrifice of Isaac. The point there involves trusting God "because with God all things are possible", even if it seems to fly in the face of common sense. It does not involve a philosophical affirmation of the existence of God......... |
