Can faith and reason coexist

Answer 1

Faith is belief that does not require proof, while reason is the intellectual faculty by which conclusions are drawn from information and the understanding of that information.

A relationship can be seen between these definitions in the belief of some in a Supreme Being. Faith may tell some that God exists, while reason tells others that there is no God.

Answer 2

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Religious faith and reason are compatible as long as that about which faith is held happens to coincide with what reason would determine. More often, faith and reason would come to entirely different conclusions.

Faithmay tell some that God exists, whilereasonmay say that there is no God. Here, reason must operate apart from faith. Christian faith may say that the sun, moon and stars were created on the fourth day, when the earth already existed and plants were growing in the ground (Genesis 1:14-19, 12), but reason says this can not be. Once again, faith and reason are in opposition.

Answer 3

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Religious faith and reason are compatible as long as that about which faith is held happens to coincide with what reason would determine. More often, faith and reason would come to entirely different conclusions.

Faithmay tell some that God exists, whilereasonmay say that there is no God. Here, reason must operate apart from faith. Christian faith may say that the sun, moon and stars were created on the fourth day, when the earth already existed and plants were growing in the ground (Genesis 1:14-19, 12), but reason says this can not be. Once again, faith and reason are in opposition.

ANSWER 2:

Religion and reasonmust be compatible, since both are from God. My belief as a Baha'i is that when science and religion disagree on something, then either the religious teaching is steeped in superstition OR science has yet to find the truth. One example is the seeming arguments re Genesis. Many believe in a literal six days of creation; science has disproved this. My understanding is that each "day" is symbolic of an "aqe" of evolution.

Answer 4

A:Religious faith and reason are compatible as long as that about which faith is held happens to coincide with what reason would determine. More often, faith and reason would come to entirely different conclusions.

Faithmay tell some that God exists, whilereasonmay say that there is no God. Here, reason must operate apart from faith. Christian faith may say that the sun, moon and stars were created on the fourth day, when the earth already existed and plants were growing in the ground (Genesis 1:14-19, 12), but reason says this can not be. Once again, faith and reason are in opposition.