Is faith something we have to just accept? Or is there some reason to it that makes it more logical?
There are some people who have the mistaken notion that faith and reason are on the opposite ends of the spectrum. For them, faith is a blind allegiance to a set of beliefs arbitrarily spelled out by some council or papal decree. In fact, faith is our relationship with God and is guided and directed by logic as much as any relationship can be. If we extend faith to include theology (an explanation of what we believe), then logic plays a large role. The church, in fact, has given the world some of its greatest thinkers, and faith is the basis for the establishment of so many schools that teach science, philosophy and even logic itself.
Faith is the logical unfolding of our relationship with God and the consequences of being a believer. There are elements of faith that elude the grasp of the dictates of logic, but then, there are elements of love, truth, forgiveness, mercy and justice that also do the same thing. Logic, truth, and faith go hand in hand, but one never dominates nor destroys the other.
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