Can faith and reason work together in our modern world?

Philippines
September 22, 2010 1:25am CST
Some Christians say that we need faith in order to understand the mystery of man, and some philosophers say that reason alone can explain it. what do u think? ......,,,,,,,;;;;
4 responses
@ByronEA (109)
• United States
23 Sep 10
As an Episcopalian, I believe that both are essential to true religion. Our faith is a three-legged stool: Scriptures, Tradition, and Reason. Our faith is that we can find truth and spirituality by using all three of these.
@aarpees (149)
23 Sep 10
yes, we need faith to understand what's happening in this world. We need faith so that we can surpass the trials of this world. :) The world has been full of evilness that we are put down, that sometimes we cannot understand what is happening. But with faith, and with the knowledge about His plans, we can manage everything smoothly.
• India
22 Sep 10
Hi, Well, faith is founded on a very reasonable ground. The fanatic behavior we see in modern world are result of denying the existence of such reasons. Most of us just like to bask in the shallow water of religion. We don't want to put effort to dive into the depth. We like the excitement so much that we entirely overlook the peace that is lying at the bottom, hidden from fanatic eyes. Most of us are fanatics, fundamentalists, separatists - everything but religious. We created religion and when we created it we created it on the basis of reasons and logic. We created on purpose. It seems that we've drifted away from that purpose. So faith now, appears far from being reasonable. Thanks. God bless you.
@ree_yah (462)
• Philippines
22 Sep 10
i am a christian... and i believe in faith more thatn anyhting else... life is a total mystery, sometimes we are left hanging... just asking why were all here... why do we strive to live our lives... so.... faith will work with reason in the modern world.. :)