Faith and Reason
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- Created on: 01-04-16 09:20
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- Fideism
- to have faith in God despite any explanation or evidence to it
- Kierkegaard
- empirical and rational explanation not needed
- factual claims and rational explanations seem to be provisional and constantly subject to revision
- belief based on reason will not bring to certainty
- factual claims and rational explanations seem to be provisional and constantly subject to revision
- Abraham and Isaac
- Abraham relies on God even on irrational aspects such as the killing of his son
- Abraham is tempted by not killing, a real murderer would have been tempted by the idea of murdering
- faith comes from passion, not from reason
- this may cause uncertainty
- there must be a total reliance or emotional attitude
- Abraham relies on God even on irrational aspects such as the killing of his son
- faith is a matter of passion rather than reflection
- certainty will come from the subjective passion of the believer
- leap of faith
- a complete trust in God - demonstration of strenght of commitment
- a dreadful existential choice that each of us must make alone.
- empirical and rational explanation not needed
- Pascal's Wager
- probability theory
- If we choose to believe in God then we have very little to lose (some worldly pleasures) and everything to gain (eternal happiness).
- Since the reward of happiness for the believer is infinite, the non-believer has nothing to match it. The sensible choice, therefore, is to hedge our bets and choose to believe in God.
- If we choose not to believe, we have everything to lose (eternal happiness) and very little to gain (worldly pleasure).
- Since the reward of happiness for the believer is infinite, the non-believer has nothing to match it. The sensible choice, therefore, is to hedge our bets and choose to believe in God.
- If we choose not to believe, we have everything to lose (eternal happiness) and very little to gain (worldly pleasure).
- we can choose to believe in God
- an act of commitment that will, in time, lead to an authentic experience of God.
- self - interested, not honest -- God may see this as not real faith
- Pragmatism
- William James
- interested in the practical effects of faith and belief
- the truth of a belief - only if that belief makes a significant change to our lives
- practical payoff
- the belief shoud be practical, helpful and productive
- faith as a practical, rather than rational question
- Living as if you have religious faith may in fact bring significant changes to your life: a new optimism, a deeper humanity, moral certainty and so on.
- useful does not mean true
- William James
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