Q&A: Christians is faith a useful mechanism for obtaining knowledge?

6 Comments on "Q&A: Christians is faith a useful mechanism for obtaining knowledge?"

1. Pfo

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   January 15, 2013 at 8:05 pm

   I’m not a Christian, but faith is a useful mechanism for obtaining knowledge. In fact, acquisition of knowledge cannot take place without faith because the very axioms of logic and math that we use to ‘prove’ things are based on faith that they are correct, because we have no way of ‘proving’ the underlying axioms other than noting that they’ve tended to hold up.

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2. Mr. John says:

   January 15, 2013 at 7:53 pm

   Yes, It is by faith that you can learn many things.

   The atheists use faith to believe in evolution. But they use it in a wrong way that’s why they are pursuing a false fairy tale.

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3. XMIrish says:

   January 15, 2013 at 7:20 pm

   Read Aquinas

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4. MIka says:

   January 15, 2013 at 6:58 pm

   I’m not sure anyone can truly, intellectually, know God exists through faith alone. But, through believing in his existence, trusting and obeying we can all begin a tangible relationship with him, and the experience of that relationship is what solidifies our intellectual knowledge of him.

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5. Rebecca says:

   January 15, 2013 at 6:24 pm

   No. One can believe there is a God, but one cannot KNOW there is a God. Faith, by definition, is without proof.

   I have faith in God, but I do not know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God exists because there is no concrete, scientific evidence.

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6. Deep Thought says:

   January 15, 2013 at 5:42 pm

   It is a useful “mechanism” for obtaining wisdom. Without wisdom, knowledge is useless.

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