can a religious person be logical?

Is it logical to believe we came from apes, while still looking for that missing link? Is it logical to say the universe began with a big bang, yet with no source to cause that bang? You as an Atheist, do you have the answers we don’t have? You have the truth of how we came to be or do you have theories? Do you have ANY absolute truths at all or do you just have a ton of ideas? Heck, looking at it like that, makes you wonder if someone without religious beliefs can be logical as well. Anyway to give a clear answer to your question, yes I do think we can be logical and have religion just as much as those without can be.

If I might touch on just one point, not to exclude the others, but rather as a place to start, I would ask why you believe that omnipotence and free will cannot co-exist? I don't know why God's omnipotence would in any way negate my free will. An omnipotent being can do anything, but may choose not to do something. The ability to do does not equal the absolute duty to do. A mother may be able to stop a small child from taking its first tentative steps, knowing the child is not steady enough and will take a few falls, but despite her wish to protect that child, she also realizes that trial and error is how children master such skills. Sometimes it is important to withhold a hand. Making decisions and mistakes are how we learn to make better decisions.

I believe that an religious person can be logical but not as logical as an atheist is naturally. I am a religious person who is logical.But I don't think you will find me that way because I mix Adam and Eve ans evolution. I love the story of Pandora's box, but I do except psychology.And not only can a person needs free will be be religious.

If a religious person can be logical in every other aspect of life then it would make perfect sense to me that they would be consistent in their life with their religion as well.

I definitely think religion and logic can go hand in hand. Until one point. After that intuition takes over. There is a point after which intellect will not be able to understand further. Because that which you are trying to understand transcends the intellect. Infact it is the very source of the intellect and you cannot understand if you try to make God as an OBJECT of understanding. In other words, so long as you consider God as a Being external to you, you can never reach Him or It. If we search for something that is not an object but is Itself the subject, how would you go about it? any idea? I guess everybody would be searching for an answer outside objectively, and it is definite that you will not get it. I would like to suggest that if you don't approve of the idea of mainstream religions, you could delve into those that sound more logical and more philosophical and try your luck there.

Hmmmmm... that's still a tad vague. In order to qualify as "religious" by your question's text... does this mean a card-carrying, dues paying, mass attending, yarmulke-wearing religious person? Because there are lots of very religious people who are as committed to their beliefs as as any 7th Day Adventist but do not shroud themselves in ritual nor affiliate themselves with any particular church, organization or doctrine... not that attending ritual would make one less capable of "logic". The term "religion" refers to both the personal practices related to communal faith as well as group rituals and communication stemming from shared conviction. When considering religion and science, I read somewhere that for some, religious knowledge gained from religious leaders, sacred texts/scriptures and personal revelation is deemed unlimited in scope and suitable to answer all questions. Then there are those for whom religious knowledge plays a more restrictive role. As more of a complement to knowledge gained through physical observation. Some great religious thinkers were: Copernicus, Roger Bacon (English philosopher who joined the Franciscan order in 1240), Nicholas of Cusa (a Catholic cardinal who made contributions to the field of mathematics and the concept of relative motion), Galileo, Rene Descartes,Isaac Newton and many, many more. Einstien believed in God, though from a more Spinozan perspective. And when asked whether or not he believed in "God", Carl Sagan responded, "That depends of what one means by the word "God". My sister-in-law never misses mass but is an accomplished geological research scientist. So yeah...absolutely... religious people can think and behave logically. It's zealots and fanatics that should concern us. The kind of fanaticism that would use the very methods their doctrine preaches against to neurotically protect their beliefs, force them upon others and even use a twisted version of their own doctrine to rationalize the abuse of another's rights and freedoms. As for me... I am an atheist. I'm inclined to believe that man created God in his own image. However, I respect the spiritual beliefs of others. I have even envied them their faith and the peace that it appears to bring those who have a healthy belief is something spiritual and greater than themselves. I would never presume that a religious person is incapable of logic. To do so I would have to be intellectually narrow and as foolishly intolerant as any fanatic... and that's a club I refuse to join.

...when man and angel was endowed with thinking ability.. a whole new world (or tree) of possibilities 'came to be' - a pandora's box!:) - After 2000 years (and 2000 years of being handed down through human hands) yes, the message of christianity has lost some of it's original kick/glory. AnD, it has (surely?) picked up some baggage along the way. The only way to judge what chrsitianity is, is to read (a modern language version) of the new testament. - Omnipotence and free will can co-exist for awhile. Until one (utterly) crashes. And the lesson of it, is what is being etched on every heart. - If christians seem logical to you in all other matters (usually:) is it not possible, you simply do not understand, or see, the logic of the matter they seem, to you, to be illogical about..?

have you studied astrology? Free will is wrapped up in all the systems of fortune telling.

religion is something that we cannot think by logic or by human brain because it come from heart and believe.some of the thing can think but the others is only god know .